Inheritance Next-of-Kin

Inheritance Scam: How It Works

(with video below) You receive a message - usually by e-mail, but sometimes via regular mail or social media as well - from somebody who claims to be the widow, the lawyer, or the children of somebody who recently passed away.

It could even come from your pen pal, who has been building a friendship with you in the last few months, but now somebody in his/her family just died. Most often, these deaths have occurred in a plane crash.

Watch How The Inheritance Scam Works:

Watch the video below to see a new twist in the Inheritance Scam, exposed:

The person will tell you that they got an inheritance in a foreign bank and they need help getting the funds out. You'll be asked for help and as a reward you will get 20 or 30% of the total inheritance.

You will be provided with an attorney's number or somebody who will apparently take care of the whole process in that foreign country (usually Netherlands or England) and you are supposed to call him, to arrange the details.

To start the process, the lawyer will need a few fees, which victims usually pay knowing that they will get a good chunk of the inheritance later on. Of course, it never happens.

How To Avoid The Inheritance Scam:

Never fall for a request for help in getting money out of a foreign country. The scammers know that a large proportion of the people they contract through e-mail or Facebook messages are not knowledgeable enough to recognize that this is just a scam.

How To Report The Inheritance Scam:

Make your family and friends aware of this scam by sharing it on social media using the buttons provided. You can also officially report the scammers to the Federal Trade Commission using the link below:

How To Protect Yourself More:

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Posted By: Bobby Rippee

got a last will for a MR.. RODRIGUEZ AL MARPLE, STATING HIS last will for daughter for 30,5 million was waiting for us to send 1500.00 to pay taxes and and fees in order to get moneyb released by attorney Raymond Johns for legal dept. ref, number ZC/MBL/YTP/OG all we have to do is pay this and money will be forwarded to us

18th, April 2019

Posted By: Aqib Naich

I was contacted by facebook id named Mrs Mary Robinson who claimed to be a widow suffering from cancer. her husband had deposited an amount of 5 million USD. and she wanted me to claim the amount on behalf of his next to kin. Thanks to Allah Almighty, I searched about it on google.

Is there a scam also in offshore worker who he want first to shoulder his Visa with two way ticket attached on it to be stamped on the embassy but because he cannot withraw his money for he is at the middle of the sea? He will let his girlfriend shoulder all the expenses.....

18th, November 2018

Posted By: Cleo

I got message same story as above

6th, November 2018

Posted By: Virce Emmanuel Dayondon

This is what I received also in my email and this man has sent it to many people in my country

Greetings to you,

I am pleased to present you with my proposal.

Thank you for finding time to get back to me as I requested. My names is Mr.michael mandell Managing director Commerz Bank Mexico office and and this is my personal telephone number: +1619-268-3421, you are free to call me anytime and I will always answer once I am in a comfortable place to talk.

I got your contact information from a professional directory of your Country during my visited to the Department of Foreign Affairs Manila (DFA) some days ago. I sent you the message through the mobile line i bought at Manila International Airport during my visit.

This proposal I guarantee you will benefit both of us and also the less privilege people, the poor, street Children and orphans in Manila and other urban Provinces.

I want to ask for your help in getting back the money left behind by a citizen of your country one late Ma. Jerome which i discovered during my auditing excise in our Mexico branch.

Late Ma. Jerome lived and worked in Los Angeles, California, United States of America as a real estate business man and he deposited in our bank the sum of four million, one hundred and fifty thousand EURO (€4,150,000.00) as fixed deposit for a period of two years in 2005. This deposit has long matured and has gone dormant for over five (10) years and we have tried to reach him and could not.

While i was in Manila few days ago in my effort to locate the family member, for the first time in my entire life i saw so many street Children and Hawkers, poor struggling people, orphans and homeless Children that need financial assistance, and i thought Since this money came from a Filipino Citizen It will be wise and justified to use this money to help the poor, the street Children and the orphans and to do Charity work in the Philippines so I want you to apply as the beneficiary of this Fund since Ma. Jerome was from your country according to the record.

It does not matter whether you knew late Ma. Jerome or not, it does not matter if you have any kind of relationship with him or not, I will guide you all the way to make this claim.

We are not hurting anyone by making this claim and it is not good enough to leave the money to eventually end up in the hands of few corrupt government officials while we have the opportunity to better the lives of poor people in the Philippines.

We have to do this within shortest time possible because the money may be diverted to the Treasury Department's account if not claimed now. If you are willing to do this with me, write back. I am waiting for your consent in order to move to the next step towards getting the money.

I received that mail :
My name is Mr. Martin Pecin and I have information that could help us claim the fund 13,580,000.00USD deposited in the bank in my country by my deceased client that you have the same last name with. I have the documents to be released that can help you fund that you have the same name. for more information.

me:
hello,
what do you talking about?
a lots of people have the same name like me.

ear friend Guy Itzhak,

With all pleasure, I thank you for your response to my mail.

With regards to my first message based on the release of the inheritance that my late client left with the bank here in my country to you for our mutual benefit. I had sought for the relatives of my late client without success and I do not want the fund to be confiscated by the bank so i decided to search for a person who will stand as the sole next of kin to my late client.

and so on and so on...

4th, September 2018

Posted By: Hunain

i also receiving emails from ayesha yonus & read the complete email now,

Thanks i really appreciate your time which you sacrificed to respond to my message. My heart is full of joy in welcoming you to my life. I pray that God who has brought us together through this way will guide and lead us to the right part

My name is Miss. Aisha Younes,I am a Muslim girl originated from Benghazi- Libya , North Africa, My father late General Abdel Fattah Younes who was shot death by Islamist-linked militia within the anti-Gaddafi forces on 28th July, 2011 as result of civil war that going on in my country Libya.

I am now writing to seek your assistance from Dakar,Senegal where i managed to escaped peaceful country through the help of United Nation, and now seeking asylum in Carita's orphanage home here in Dakar, Senegal, you can find more of my story through the BBC / http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/worl d-africa-14336122

Meanwhile, the main reason why i am seeking for your assistance is because of some money my late father deposited in one of the banks which the amount is ( Six Million and Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ) ( $6,500,000:00 ). It is my intention to compensate you with 30% of the total money for your services and the balance shall be our capital in your establishment.

Honestly, i have tried everything possible to claim the money, unfortunately i failed because of our refugee status. However, i have being advised by the bank manager to look for foreign partner who will help me claim the fund because the bank officials will not release the fund due to my refugee status. Please get back to me if you are interesting by assisting me claim the fund, so that i will give you all the details / contact of the bank where the fund are deposited.

I want the fund to be transferred into your account before i can come over to join you for me to come over to your country and my education i was in the school of aviation before the incident that lead to the war started and As soon as i receive continue your interest in assisting me, we will put things into action immediately. In the light of the above, i shall appreciate an urgent message indicating your ability and willingness to handle this transaction sincerely. attach here is my photo and my Refugee ID card,Please i will like you to write back to me if you are capable to help me but if you are not capable to help me there is no problem it will not stop us being friends,Please as i told you before i have all the document with me here to claim this money.

Foremost , I will be very much glad to hear your sweet voice on phone so please try and contact me through my phone here (+221 76024 4569

i replied,

what can i do for you

she replied

As i told you before I have informed the Bank about my plan to retrieve the money and l also got them aware of the death of my father and they have acknowledged it with all their confirmation, However, they advised me to get in touch with a very responsible person who will stand on my behalf and as my trustee regards to this money since l am presently of refugee status over here and wouldn't be permitted to handle such amount of money,

In this regards i will like you to contact the bank immediately with this information below, tell them that you are my foreign partner and that you want to know the possibilities of assisting me transfer my (6.5million u.s dollars) deposited by my late father which i am the next of kin to your account in your country.

THE ACCOUNT INFORMATION ARE AS FOLLOWS.

info@scbkltd.org

standardchartered@standardchar tered.20m.com

scblondon@englandmail.com

The name of the transfer officer is Sir Charles Wood.

Telephone number +448458601782

Office Fax number +448458602528

Account name : General Abdel Fattah Younes

Next of kin : Miss Aisha Younes

The Account Number Is SCBUK745608902546/QB/91/A.

Please fill and send this application to the bank with the email of the bank above.

Dear Sir, I,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,a foreign partner to Miss Aisha Younes the Daughter and next of kin to late General General Abdel
Younes who deposited the sum of (M6.5.USD) with the Standard Chartered bank of London, here by apply for the immediate transfer of the money to my country.

1.) Is this a safe transaction or not ? (kindly provide some proves). Copy Of cheque book your Id card.
2.) why did you choose me for this transaction & how can i trust you.
3.) do you have any prove that you are really a daughter of General Abdel Fattah Younes because it could be a huge fruad.
4.) what is my safety in it ? because in this time every thing tractable.
5.) how will the transaction accured.

Regards

Hunain Saleh Muhammad

& now still waiting for her stupid reply :D

2nd, July 2018

Posted By: Jane

@Kaia ... we also received same e-mail from abertopedro1@gmail.com!

22nd, June 2018

Posted By: Kaia

Received a message from a certain Aberto Pedro (abertopedro1@gmail.com) who claims to be a regional branch manager at UBA. Told me that about 7,500.000 USD have been waiting for an heir for 11 years in which no entitled person showed up to claim the heritage of late Billy Laurence who died in a car crash at Accra/City of Ghana. Now he was trying to get the money off the country as he does not want Government to put hand on it. (As this was very tempting to me (who would refuse a serious offer to get a fortune?) I googled names and positions and legend and came across this site. So sad that it's only an inheritance scam - but this information saved me from a lot of trouble... Thank you very much!

10th, May 2018

Posted By: Marcelo

I received the same msg.
They are very creative. But dumb is he who thinks himself smarter than the others.
I just asked to stop disturbing a video contact called by whatsapp. I want to see where it goes.

11th, March 2018

Posted By: Monica Smith

I received a letter, poorly written that stated the late Robert Smith had died and left a bank deposit. Upon knowing this is a scam, I am waiting on the details of the letter. I did Google a Robert Smith who died in a car wreck in Cleveland, OH. This email was received from a John Morgan. If indeed he does say that Mr. Smith died in Cleveland, I know that he copied this directly out of the newspaper, probably the obituary. These scammers have to stop! I am playing the game for now, but I will wait before I report so that I have enough information to send to Federal commissions concerning these scammers. I act as if I was so excited, did not know how or where he died, and just really pushed the idea of wanting the information. I do not know the amount of the bank deposit, but I brushed that off and appeared more interested in the finding of my family member. What a shame that they use real people. What can be done, if anything, if they are overseas? It seems that the U.S. resident is just at a loss if they bite, but the real scammer is out of country and therefore receives no charges. Why send this to the Federal emails if it will never end the game of the scammer? He/She moves to the next individual.

29th, January 2018

Posted By: D. Baty

Received a letter from a person claiming to work for Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce as an account manager, searching for relatives a man who died in a car crash and who had a "dormant account" worth $9,536,000. the letter said that since the deceased was from my country and he shared my last name, it would be easy for me to become his official beneficiary and claim the funds "while I work from the inside with my partner here in the bank to make sure all needed information and evidence are provided to you to back up your claim." It gave two email addresses and a phone number.

28th, December 2017

Posted By: Timothy Ream

I think bank of england scam include attorney by woman's father inheritance that woman live in TX and her lawyer in TX too but her name not list in TX include her lawyer and address not list in TX. I live in PA. Right now, Euro Credit website shut down a week later after I checked on online. what do you think I go to get lawyer myself?

24th, November 2017

Posted By: William Dickinson

I've recently been contacted by someone in South Africa saying I'm the next of kin and them and family died in car crash. Need bank has sent me forms and say everything is in order but I need to send 6800$ us, for fees to complete transaction.

My name is Mr Malik Sarwar, a legal practitioner in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I saw your contact and profile and decided that you could cooperate with me in this proposition. I have a client, who was deceased in November, 2013, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I am contacting you because you have the same surname as my deceased client and i felt that you could help me in the distribution of funding that were left in my deceased client's bank account. This funding is closed to be declared un-serviceable by the bank as there were no indicated next of kin or next of beneficiary of the funding in the bank account.

The total amount of cash in the bank account of my deceased client is US$ 11.3 Million ( Say, Eleven Million, three Hundred Thousand United States dollars Only ), The bank had issued to me a notification to contact the next of kin of my deceased client for either to re-activate the bank account or to make claim of beneficiary, of the funding in the bank account, with a month surcharge of 6% to be deducted as an Escrow safe keeping fee of the bank account, so as to avoid the indefinite closure of the bank account. My proposition to you is to seek your consent, and to present your kind self as the next-of-kin and beneficiary of my deceased client, since you have the same last name with him.

This means that the proceeds of his bank account would be paid to you as his next of kin or the legitimate beneficiary. When the proceeds in his bank account are paid to you, we would share the proceeds on a mutually agreed-upon percentage of 60% to me and 40% to your kind self. All the legal documents to back up your claim as my client's next-of-kin would be provided by me. The most important thing I would need is your honest cooperation in this proposition. This would be done under a legitimate arrangement that would protect you from any breach of the law. If this business proposition offends your moral and ethical values, feel free to back out. Please contact me at once if you are interested.

I received a inheritance scam claiming that a relative with my last name by the name of Craig in England passed away and his money is stuck in Bank in England you didn't feel right to begin with then I checked it up glad I did and what do you know someone else in the comment also had a relative named Craig in England that passed away and could be able to get a good amount of moneyan inheritance keep an eye out everybody hope my comment will help somebody else which the comments I read from someone else saying they received a message for a Craig also helped me a lot

20th, April 2017

Posted By: waheed

i am interested to hear news and video

5th, April 2017

Posted By: Ruth Sanchez

How crazy,I Just received an email asking or my help in getting funds out of bank..in England...A supposed relative..Craig Sanchez..my name is Ruthie Sanchez...soooo glad i came across this article of warning..An estate of 6 million was

23rd, March 2017

Posted By: Ibrahim Mzee Ibrahim

Dear sir kindly a m, looking for unclaimed funds to claim as a next of kin to share as partners if nobody applies to claim

26th, January 2017

Posted By: Hughes

Here is what I got this morning:

OOD NEWS, ABOUT YOUR OUTSTANDING FUND.

I am Mrs Yvonne Brain, a US citizen, Am 43 years old. I am one of those people
that took part in receiving Inheritance funds and Lottery funds from European
banks even from many lottery organizers few years ago and they refused to pay
me, I had paid different fees while in the United States trying to get my funds
from those banks and lottery organizers but all to no avail. So I decided to
travel to LONDON, UK with all my compensation documents, and I was directed by
the IMF Director to contact the reconciliator Mr Daniel Albert who is also an
attorney, A London citizen and a member of the UNITED NATIONS & IMF
COMPENSATION AWARD COMMITTEE currently working with IMF in the United Kingdom
and I contacted him and he explained everything to me. He said whoever is
contacting us through emails are fake. Mr Daniel Albert personally directed me
on how to claim my Inheritance or Lottery payment.

Right now I have received my compensation funds of $3,5 00,000.00 Moreover, Mr
Daniel Albert, showed me the full information of those that are yet to receive
their Inheritance or Lottery payment and I saw your name as one of the
beneficiaries, and your email address, that is why I decided to email you to
stop dealing with those people, they are not with your fund, they are only
making money out of you.

I will personally advise you to contact Mr Daniel Albert, he will assist you as
he is a very religious man with the fear of God.

Compensation Award Office.

Name:Mr Daniel Albert

Email: danielal.bert@mail.ru

Listed below are the name of fraudsters and banks behind the non release of
your funds that I managed to sneak out for your kind perusal.

You really have to stop dealing with those people that are contacting you
and telling you that your funds is with them, it is not in anyway with them
and they are only taking advantage of you which means they will dry you up
until you have nothing. The only money I paid after I met Mr. Daniel Albert
was just $75 for the delivery and shipment charges, take note of that.

NOTE: TELLING YOU TO PAY FOR ANY DELIVERY OR COURIER CHARGE IS ALL NOTHING
BUT LIES, I REPEAT THE ONLY MONEY YOU WILL HAVE TO PAY AND WHICH I ALSO
PAID IS $75 FOR THE DELIVERY CHARGES AS IMPOSED BY THE GOVERNMENT ON YOUR
PACKAGE.

I am expecting the payment information as soon as you can so we can proceed
immediately.Note that you are expected to pay only $75.00 for delivery and
shipment charges and you are to pay it to Benin Republic as the origination of
the fund. Send the $75.00 through Western Union or money gram.once you receive
this mail with the information below for immediate release of your FUNDS,

Below is the Payment Information to send the $75.USD .USD by Western Union OR
money gram.

Once again stop contacting those people, I will advise you to contact
Mr. Daniel Albert so that he can help you to deliver your funds
instead of dealing with those liars that will be turning you around asking
for different kind of money to complete your transaction.

Posted By: My brother got something similiar. About a late uncle that passed away a couple years back in London. Of course I thought it was a scam at first but the further we dealt into it the more detailed the info got. He recieved a death certificate, a certificat

PLEASE ADVISE

9th, January 2017

Posted By: John

My inheritance of heavens and the earth and having movies producers are stealing through the spiritual world.

6th, January 2017

Posted By: Sheila

This guy, Paul Brower is blowing up muy email wanting me to submit discounters and a banking account indigo because supposedly I inherited $12,500,000.00 from a relative in Nederlands that died in car crash. When i told him he's a scam he got irate.

to me
Good day to you. I'm writing to you with a great opportunity proposal I have for you. I have gone through your profile on LinkedIn and I see you are perfect for this opportunity. If interested kindly write back to me so we can discuss in details as soon as I get you reply

Regards
Ms Mai Fyfield

After i replied:
Hello,

Thanks for your swift response. I will formally introduce myself to you because I had to disguise on my LinkedIn profile for security reasons. I am Ms. Mai Fyfield, MA, BA (Hons) a Chief Strategy Officer at Sky PLC and served as its Group Director of Strategy since July 2008. I am responsible for Sky’s ongoing strategic direction, heading up a team that provides analysis and insight to advise on key decisions across all of Sky’s activities. I was previously Deputy Head of Strategy, and Deputy Chief Economist at Sky PLC. I joined Sky in 1999, and spent 9 years working as an Economic Advisor to blue chip companies in a number of different industries both in the UK and the USA. I have been an Independent Non Executive Director at Nationwide Building Society since June 2, 2015 but also running a contract as an account officer at Nationwide Building Society since 2004.I am sorry to have encroached into your privacy in this manner.

I would respectfully request that you keep the contents of this mail confidential and also respect the integrity of the information that you are coming across as a result of this mail. I contacted you privately and as such that no one is aware of this communication thus the reason why I had us communicate strictly via our private email.

I am the personal accountant to one (Late Mr. Richard David) a foreign contractor with Royal Dutch who has an investment account with my bank. Unfortunately, my client died along with his nuclear family in France while on sabbatical in the summer of 2008, may their soul rest in peace. He died without leaving a Will. Several efforts were made to find his extended family through his embassy without success.

I received a notice last week to provide the next of kin of my late client been his personal accountant or the account risk been transferred to the government (es-cheat) in 14 days time. I am contacting you to assist me in repatriating the funds left behind by my late client.

This claim will be executed without breaching any United Kingdom laws and success is guaranteed if we co-operate on this. The bank will release the account to you because of my recommendation of you as the next of kin.

I am a religious woman and I cannot lie; I expect the same from you. The amount involved is 5,649,400 Pounds (Five Million Six Hundred And Forty-Nine Thousand Four Hundred British Pound Sterling); I propose we share the proceeds 50/50, I think this is fair.

I will give you all the necessary information about this deal when I get your response. I am contacting you to assist me because you have same surname/last name with my late client.

I anticipate your cooperation. Treat this proposal with utmost confidentially and urgency for a 100% success.Do not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in you.

My position as an Independent Non Executive Director guarantees the successful execution of this transaction. If you find yourself able to work with me, I urge you to indicate to that effect. Once again, Do observe utmost confidentiality and be rest assured that this transaction would be profitable for both of us. For more information about me please visit http://www.nationwide.co.uk/about/corporate-information/governance/management#xtab:mai-fyfield. Please note that a quick response from you will be highly appreciated.

Regards,

Mai Fyfield.

This is quite reassuring coz if you click on the link you will really see her photo and position there.
But it still look and sounded phishy to me, i replied stating i don't have any interest to be part of it,

I wish to acknowledge the receipt of your email in response to my proposal. I would like you to understand that I am a woman of social status, therefore, I will not involve myself in a transaction of this nature and magnitude if I have not done my assignment thoroughly. I have been working in the banking institution for a very long time and I do understand the modalities associated with banking ethics. In the banking sector, those that occupy key position always enjoy some benefits which people outside the banking world cannot imagine. Under the oath of employment, information of this nature which I have made available to you are meant to remain within the shores of the banking institution. An opportunity such as this does not come all the time but when it does, it is with all pleasure that it is being embraced by whoever the opportunity is opened to, therefore one thing that is paramount in transactions like this is “TRUST and “TRANSPARENCY”

I would like to assure you that there will be no risk involved as my position in the bank as Independent Non Executive Director guarantees this, thus, anything I say concerning the transaction in line with the laws/banking policies will be followed by the bank Executives. Before we can proceed further i will like you to understand that this transaction can be successful only if we work together and as such you are to adhere strictly to my instructions as all instructions that I will be giving to you subsequently will be in accordance/compliance with the laws/laid down rules to apply for the deceased's fund as the Next of Kin, In proceeding further, I want you to assure me that you will be honest during the transaction and as soon as the funds are transferred to you by the bank, we would share the money EQUALLY and PEACEFULLY either by meeting in person or through bank to bank transfers. My personal instinct directed me to contact you and I sincerely hope it was not a wrong thing to do.

I shall direct you on the process to having the funds released; we shall start by sending a formal application to my Bank for the release of the said fund as the Next of Kin to the deceased. I will send you the text i.e the format for which you are to construct the application. Thereafter the bank will request from you the relevant backup documents to your claim according to the demand of our probate law for the transfer of funds. Once you have provided the Bank with the required documents, they would be under legal obligation to transfer the funds to a designated account which will be provided by you. Upon this laid-down structure, there will be no form of Risk or illegality in carrying out this proposal.

It is important we have a mutual understanding because I know we will surely enjoy the benefits of this in no distant time.

Sequel to the above content I really do hope you are someone I can trust to help achieve this. I will want you to immediately provide me with the following details of you.

SECTION I

1. Your Complete Names

2. Your Address

3. Present Occupation and position

4. Marital Status

5. Date of Birth

6. Religion

7. Phone Number (Mobile and Landline)

8. A scanned copy of any form of your identification (International

passport or Driver’s License).

SECTION II

Please provide me with accurate answers to the following below:

Have you handled a transaction of this tune before?
Have you had an international transaction(s) before?
Specifically, have you had any business transaction with an individual or company that resides in United Kingdom Before?

As soon as i hear from you with the required data above as well as receiving your reassurance that I can put my trust in you most especially when the funds have been released to you by the bank thus enabling us to share the money in the ratio(50/50)as agreed, I will send you the Text of Application for you to contact my bank for the release of the funds to your account as his Next of Kin.

Endeavor to have all the requirements in (SECTION I and II) above sent to me immediately as I will have to key them into the deceased's account file so that it will be an easy go through with the bank's executives with respect to verification when they receive your application. I await your swift response.

Regards,

Mai Fyfield.

after receiving this email i got really curious and started doing my research, lol good thing i came across this site.
I asked her to create an agreement stating her proposal with signature and all and to meet in person. haha.

Thanks for this though, good thing i really don't believe in having this amount of money without hardwork.
Just makes me laugh, i was about to believe her. this will be charged to experience.=)

26th, November 2016

Posted By: Warden Schmidt

This is what I got from a person who claims to be a non executive independent director at standard chartered

Hello ,

Thanks for your swift response.I will formally introduce myself to you because I had to disguise on my Linkedin profile for security reasons.My name is MS Christine Hodgson and I currently work as an Independent Non-Executive Director at Standard Chartered Bank, London, United Kingdom. I am sorry to have encroached into your privacy in this manner, however without delays; I will immediately proceed with the details of the proposal as said in my introductory Email on LinkedIn.

I would respectfully request that you keep the contents of this mail confidential and also respect the integrity of the information that you are coming across as a result of this mail. I contacted you privately and as such no one is aware of this communication thus the reason why I had us communicate strictly via our private email.

I am the personal accountant to one (Late Mr Richard) a foreign contractor with Royal Dutch who has an investment account with my bank. Unfortunately, my client died along with his nuclear family in France while on sabbatical in the summer of 2008, may their soul rest in peace. He died without leaving a Will. Several efforts were made to find his extended family through his embassy without success.

I received a notice last week to provide the next of kin of my late client been his personal accountant or the account risk been transferred to the government (es-cheat) in 14 days time. I am contacting you to assist me in repatriating the funds left behind by my late client.

This claim will be executed without breaching any United Kingdom laws and success is guaranteed if we co-operate on this. The bank will release the account to you because my recommendation of you as the next of kin.

I am a religious woman and I cannot lie; I expect the same from you. The amount involved is 5,649,400 Pounds (Five Million Six Hundred And Forty Nine Thousand Four Hundred British Pound Sterling); I propose we share the proceeds 50/50, I think this is fair.

I will give you all the necessary information about this deal when I get your response. I am contacting you to assist me because you have same surname/last name with my late client.

I anticipate your cooperation. Treat this proposal with utmost confidentially and urgency for a 100% success.Do not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in you.

My position as an Independent Non-Executive Director guarantees the successful execution of this transaction. If you find yourself able to work with me, I urge you to indicate to that effect. Once again, Do observe utmost confidentiality and be rest assured that this transaction would be profitable for both of us. For more information about me please visit: https://www.sc.com/en/about-us/our-people/about-us-our-people-profile/christine-hodgson.html . Please note that a quick response from you will be highly appreciated.

Regards,

MS Christine Hodgson

And after I have replied her/him, this is what he or she responded, quite strangely though she asked about my religion

Hello ,

I wish to acknowledge the receipt of your email in response to my proposal. I would like you to understand that I am a woman of social status therefore i will not involve myself in a transaction of this nature and magnitude if I have not done my assignment thoroughly. I have been working in the banking institution for a very long time and i do understand the modalities associated with banking ethics. In the banking sector, those that occupy key position always enjoy some benefits which people outside the banking world cannot imagine. Under the oath of employment, information of this nature which I have made available to you are meant to remain within the shores of the banking institution. An opportunity such as this does not come all the time but when it does, it is with all pleasure that it is being embraced by whoever the opportunity is opened to, therefore one thing that is paramount in transactions like this is “TRUST and “TRANSPARENCY”

I would like to assure you that there will be no risk involved as my position in the bank guarantees this, thus, anything I say concerning the transaction in line with the laws/banking policies will be followed by the bank Executives. Before we can proceed further i will like you to understand that this transaction can be successful only if we work together and as such you are to adhere strictly to my instructions as all instructions that i will be giving to you subsequently will be in accordance/compliance with the laws/laid down rules to apply for the deceased's fund as the Next of Kin, In proceeding further, I want you to assure me that you will be honest during the transaction and as soon as the funds are transferred to you by the bank, we would share the money EQUALLY and PEACEFULLY either by meeting in person or through bank to bank transfers. My personal instinct directed me to contact you and i sincerely hope it was not a wrong thing to do.

I shall direct you on the process to having the funds released; we shall start by sending a formal application to my Bank for the release of the said fund as the Next of Kin to the deceased. I will send you the text i.e the format for which you are to construct the application. Thereafter the bank will request from you the relevant back up documents to your claim according to the demand of our probate law for transfer of funds. Once you have provided the Bank with the required documents, they would be under legal obligation to transfer the funds to a designated account which will be provided by you. Upon this laid-down structure, there will be no form of Risk or illegality in carrying out this proposal.

It is important we have a mutual understanding because I know we will surely enjoy the benefits of this in no distant time.

Sequel to the above content I really do hope you are someone I can trust to help achieve this. I will want you to immediately provide me with the following details of you.

SECTION I

1. Your Complete Names

2. Your Address

3. Present Occupation and position

4. Marital Status

5. Age

6. Religion

7. Phone Number (Mobile and Landline)

8. A scan copy of any form of your identification (International passport or Driver’s License).

SECTION II

Please provide me with accurate answers to the following below:

Have you handled transaction of this tune before?
Have you had an international transaction(s) before?
Specifically, have you had any business transaction with an individual or company that resides in United Kingdom Before?

As soon as i hear from you with the required data above as well as receiving your reassurance that i can put my trust in you most especially when the funds has been released to you by the bank thus enabling us share the money in the ratio(50/50)as agreed, I will send you the Text of Application for you to contact my bank for the release of the funds in the account of (Mr Richard) to your account as his Next of Kin.

Endeavor to have all the requirements in (SECTION I and II) above sent to me immediately as i will have to key them into the deceased's account file so that it will be an easy go through with the bank's executives with respect to verification when they receive your application. I await your swift response.

Regards,

MS Christine Hodgson

Scanners these days can really take it very far...without limits And Btw I have asked her to come to Hong Kong and meet me in person let's see what she will say

28th, September 2016

Posted By: D P Singh

lol, check this out:

MY DEAR,
i must thank you once again for your humble reply to my mail. I really appreciate it so much and i am very happy to read from you, well from your response i'm convinced that the future has a special place for us, if only we could trust each other and also be honest and faithful to each other as well.

Like i told you earlier, i was looking forward to accomplish a particular mission, which my ''ex'' husband was unlucky to achieve with me, I think with the little you have told me about you, it would be very wise to disclose this secret to you and also tell you my aim and plan. Because it would be of mutual benefit to us and maybe you could be the right person to utilize the opportunity with me, because i believe our knowing each other is the way God have destined it.

Remember i told you i am an Auditor of my bank and also the Chief of the International Relation Foreign Remittance Unit. Prior to my position here at my bank, i have the opportunity to loot out some amount of money of a deceased customer, whose autopsy result showed that he died as a result of gun shorts by unknown gunmen. As i was her personal accountant officer, before he died and from the account opening records, he did not indicate anybody as his beneficiary next of kin. Since 2008 to date, nobody has come forward as his beneficiary next of kin to administer the fund. The amount in question is the total sum of $:14.500,000. (Fourteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand USD).

I can provide all the required legal papers from the British Court to present you as the legal beneficiary to these funds if you would accept to partner with me in this deal.
A lot of abandoned money lay around in this bank as a result of abandoned bank accounts, stock holdings, unclaimed life insurance pay-outs and forgotten pension benefits.
I will definitely give you comprehensive details on how we would achieve this legally, without going against the laws of the country.
Once you reply to me indicating your interest to work with me. I have worked with the bank for several years and have taken time to study the British inheritance claims procedures. I would appreciate it if you would treat this issue with every bit of confidentiality and maturity, putting my integrity foremost, because i wouldn't need any mistakes or regrets. I assure you that you will never regret it if you would take the bold step to partner with me in this deal. It would be wise if
we make every effort not to loose this golden opportunity. This happens in every bank around the world, even in your own country, but people outside the banking industry do not know this.

The fund will be shared at the ratio of 58% for me, 40% for you and 2% will be set aside to cover any expenses and tax in your bank, We will use the fund there in your country to build companies and for investment which both of us would manage, Please this is an honest request for you and i.
I only plead for you to make this transaction a top secret because we do not have to trust anybody unless you and i alone.

Please treat this business proposal with utmost confidentiality and send me the following Information(s) for further application for this transfer if you are interested.

1. Full Name,
2. Address
2. Identification copy
3.Nationality

Thanks and best regards
Yours Faithful Marylin

23rd, August 2016

Posted By: David Mwashighadi

I am at the moment,writing a claiming email to a bank with the details provided. Let me know the best way to capture the one requesting just in case its a scam.

i recently received a letter from Balms & abogados a lawyer office stating there was a 11.2m in a spainish account that their late client before him and his family died deposited. The mans name was Barrister Jorge martin Losa. said we could split 50/50 cause i shared a common last name

4th, November 2015

Posted By: josh wall

This seems legitimate...

This is a confidential business proposition and I request that it be treated as such. It is specifically directed to you and I must

solicit your confidentiality on it. I assure you that I am contacting you in good faith and this proposal will be of mutual benefit

to us. I am Paul Deed a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney/executor to a deceased client of my chambers who shares

same surname with you, who was an independent oil magnate in my country, but died in an auto crash with his family on the

19th of August 2008 in East London.

My late client, a former Production Engineer with Premier Oil Plc., here in the United Kingdom had Left behind a deposit of

Eight Million Two Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterling only (£8.2M) with a bank. After the death of my client, the

Bank contacted me, as his attorney to provide his Next of kin who should inherit his fortune; this according to them is their

policy in sure circumstances.

Since the death of my client, I have written several letters to the embassy with the intent to locate any of his extended relatives

whom shall be claimants/beneficiaries of his abandoned personal estate and all such efforts have been to no avail. I had to

inform the Bank about my fruitless effort in locating my late client close relative or his next of kin.

The Board of directors of the Bank just adopted a resolution and I was mandated to provide his next of kin for the payment of

this money within the next 15 official working days or forfeit the money as an abandoned funds. The Bank had planned to

invoke the abandoned property Act of the Bank to confiscate the funds after the expiration of the period given me. Also I have

received official letters in the last two days suggesting a likely proceeding for confiscation of his abandoned personal assets in

line with existing laws of the institution.

Well I have reasons very professional and I can use a legal means to present a next of kin of my deceased client. This is legally

possible and would be done in accordance with the laws of the land. On this note I decided to search for a credible person and

finding that you bear a similar last name, I was urged to contact you, that I may with your consent, have you present yourself

to the "Trustee" as my late client's family member, so as to enable you put up a claim to the bank in that capacity as a next of

kin of my client.

I find this possible for the fuller reasons that you are of the same nationality and you bear a similar last name with my late

client making it a lot easier for you to put up a claim in that capacity. I have all vital documents that would confer on you the

legal right to make this claim and would make them available to you so that the proceeds from this bank account valued at

£8.2 can be paid to you before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable to the bank where this huge amount is lodged.

I do sincerely sympathize on the death of my client but think it is unprofitable for his funds to be submitted to the government

of this country or some financial institution. My aim is to retrieve these funds and let it be claimed by the deceased family

Lineage, etc. for this I seek your assistance since I have been unable to locate the relatives for the past 7 years now

I seek your consent to have you present yourself as the next of kin of the deceased since you have the same last name giving

you the advantage, so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you and then both of us can share the money, 60% to me

and 40% to you. I know there might be other persons out there with the same surname as my late client, but after a little check

my instinct told me to contact you. Can I trust you on this? I shall assemble all the necessary documents that will be used to

back up your claim.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. I will

not fail to bring to your notice that this proposal is hitch-free and that you should not entertain any fears as the required

arrangements have been made for the completion of this transfer.

Like I said, I require only a solemn confidentiality on this and if this proposal is acceptable to you, send your telephone and

fax numbers to me to enable us discuss further on this transaction and do not take undue advantage of the trust I have

bestowed in you. Thanks for your understanding.

Regards Paul

23rd, October 2015

Posted By: Suzanna

I just got one today:
Firstly, I would like to express my appreciation to your response and will like to introduce myself. I am Rachel Wulff, Head of Service Ownership Banking Royal Bank of Scotland.

I would respectfully request that you keep the content of this mail confidential and respect the integrity of the information you come across as a result of this mail.

I contacted you privately this weekend and no one is informed of this communication. I will give you the entire story behind the Business here. I do hope you find it interesting enough in accepting this proposal.

Sometime in 2010, a certain Engineer/contractor Late made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, currently valued at GBP4,843,000.00(Four Million Eight Hundred and Forty Three Thousand Great British Pounds Sterling) in my bank. Upon maturity a routine notifications were sent to his forwarding address but we got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers, Royal Dutch plc that the deceased depositor had died alongside his longtime companion in an Auto crash. If you are familiar with private banking practice those who patronize our services usually prefer anonymity but also some levels of detachment from conventional processes. In the deceased bio-data form, he listed no next of kin. In the field of private banking, accounts are rarely held under a name, depositors use numbers and codes to make the accounts anonymous.

In this case the deceased Client, He died intestate. In line with our internal processes for account holders who have passed away my bank conducted a search in good faith to determine who should have right to claim the funds. This has for the past years been unfruitful. This sum has since been sitting in my bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one has been able to come forward for it. According to the Laws of my environment (United Kingdom), at the expiration of a given period if the said fund is not claimed the money will revert to the ownership of the United Kingdom government.

The banking world is fraught with huge rewards for those who occupy certain offices and oversee certain portfolios. In this case, I alone have the deposit details as I was the account officer to the deceased as at the time the account Fixed deposit was made my bank will release the deposit to no one unless evidence of relationship with the deceased is presented. The bank's management has no single idea of the history of the deposit. They are simply awaiting instructions to release the deposit to the party that comes forward. This is the situation. My bank has spent great amounts of money trying to track this man's family.

Consequently, what I propose is that I will like you to stand in as the next of kin to the depositor as you both have same last name so that the fruits of this old man's labour will not get into the hands of some corrupt government officials. Acting in this capacity really is simple as I will explain in detail to you when I get your response. Being aware of this request I am making, I ask that if you find no interest in this project that you should discard this mail. I ask that you do not be vindictive and destructive. If my offer is of no appeal to you, delete this message and forget I ever contacted you. You may not know this but people like me who have made tidy sums out of comparable situations run the whole private banking sector. I am not a criminal and what I do, I do not find against good conscience, this may be hard for you to understand, but the dynamics of my industry dictates that I make this move. Such opportunities only come ones' way once in a lifetime.

The reward for this project makes it a task well worth undertaking. I have evaluated the risks and the only risk I have here is from you refusing to work with me and alerting the public.

My position guarantees the successful execution of this transaction. If you find yourself able to work with me, I urge you to indicate to that effect

Awaiting your urgent reply

Regards,

Mrs. Rachel Wulff
Head of Service Ownership
E.rachel01wulff@gmail.com

21st, October 2015

Posted By: Delores Robinson

Is there a charge for a real overseas inheritance? That is if it is true. I was told that if the inheritance was real that there is no charge. I was told that I had an inheritance but I was charged for a bunch of fees.

We will like you to know that your Fund $5.8Million dollars has been release to us by the
UNITED NATION Benin With President DR YAYI BONI in Conjunction With the FBI
AND CIA to release the sad amount to you.

It is our pleasure to inform you that ATM Card Serial Number;4577_9324_6316_0548
have been approved in your favor. Your Personal Identification Number is 1500.
The ATM Card Value is $5.8MILLION USD Only. You are advised that a maximum withdrawal
value of $10,000 USD is permitted on withdrawal per Day and we are duly Inter Switch and
you can make withdrawal in any Inter Switch location and ATM Center of your choice.

You may think that we are scamming you but that was a typical lie this is real and no
one will ever scam you form this DHL and get away with it.

I want to give you some tracking listed for other people who have received their own
ATM CARD through our service and right now they are all enjoying it with no complain
cheek this tracking listed by typing our (website) then put 1(2896411641) 2 (2896411652)
3 (2896412061) (2897840175) if you must want to talk to any of this people who have
already received their own CARD I will provide you their contact details to verify
form them if this is real or not.

After sending the fee you are required to forward us the following information.

senders Name:
senders Country:

I would advice you to go ahead and pay your delivery charges and receive your ATM
MASTER CARD in less than 48hours and began to enjoy your life like other who have
received their own note that if we don’t hear form you until 7 working days your ATM
CARD will be cancel and the fund will be transferred back to the CENTRAL BANK OF
BENIN AS UNCLAIMED FUND.

Thanks and God bless
Mr.RICHARD PETER
Tel.: +229_6882_6425

13th, October 2015

Posted By: Jackson miller

This settlement is about unpaid bequest, I am Mr. Khiam Yong Thomas from Singapore. I am a former contract staff (Teller) of BANK OF CHINA SINGAPORE BRANCH. Do you know that governmental authority here swallows unclaimed money meant for beneficiary or Next of Kin to deceased accounts every year? For this reason I make contact with you to unite you with a claim having strong link to you as the beneficiary that has not apply to receive the settlement due to lack of information and how to receive it.

Alex Herman… is the late depositor who died intestate. Your contact details was received from public record and the heir hunters through a private search for the decease relative where your name appear with others as matching relatives to the decease. I randomly selected your name to unite you with the claim either you are directly related to the deceased or not because your name has already qualify you to receive the claim, should you reject the offer the claim will be open to the other possible beneficiaries in your family lineage of those who share the same last name with the deceased through my help. I do not need any of your confidential information because your information is already available as possible beneficiary to the claim; I just want to confirm things according to my record here.

The bank will pay you the funds once I provide you with the claim information. The value of the claim is a huge amount of $ 10.9 M USD which is a little above € 9.94 M EUROS. Timeline for the clearance of the claim to you is less than 15 working days. I will work with you to provide you with all required information and assistance to enable you receive the claim legitimately without any harm and out of pocket expenses whatsoever.

I will choose to communicate with you by email but when it is urgent and necessary you can call me. In this way it is important for you to check your email frequently for guideline from me during the process till you receive the settlement within the next 10 days.
Before I go on with you I want you to clarify if you are truly Emmanuel Herman. There is need for me to be sure if you accept the claim for me to provide you with more details and how to receive the claim. My Telephone number is +65 9439 8785; I will provide you with all claim information once I receive your reply via email. All I require from you is your confidence to receive the settlement painlessly. I also guarantee that the process of receiving the claim will be conducted under a transparent way that will protect you from any breach of monetary law. If you are having any doubt or hard time believing that this is true, just take a chance on this for you to receive the claim without difficulties and worries. Thank you for your time as I wait your prompt reply. Regards, Thomas.

10th, October 2015

Posted By: Aaron

I received a message from a man named Biggs Holtzman on LinkedIn asking me to email his personal email directly to get info on a lucrative business deal. Beware of this scammer - here is his email:

"My name is Biggs Holtzman and I currently work as Senior Operations Manager at Samba Financial Group UK. I will immediately proceed with the details of the proposal. I respectfully request that you keep the contents of this mail confidential and also respect the integrity of the information which is the reason I requested for your private email. You are contacted alone for this and the reason will be explained as you read further. Sometime in 2012 a certain Engineer/contractor made a Fixed Deposit for twelve calendar months currently valued at 5,732,000.00 (Five Million Seven Hundred and Thirty Two Great British Pounds Sterling) in my bank. Upon maturity routine notifications were sent to his forwarding address but no reply was received. After a month we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers that he alongside his longtime companion was involved in a crash which took their lives.

If you are familiar with the private banking practice you would know that those who patronize our services usually prefer anonymity hence some levels of detachment from conventional processes. In the case of our deceased customer bio-data form he omitted the information of his Next of Kin. My bank has waited for an application of his Next Of Kin or Relative for the release of the sum but this has been unfruitful till date. According to the Laws of my environment at the expiration of a certain period of time which is around the corner the money will be confiscated by the Bank on the basis of no one applying for it. The world of banking is fraught with huge rewards for those who occupy certain offices and oversees certain portfolios. I have the deposit details as well as the knowledge of the existence of this deposit which came up as a result of the execution of my duty. The bank is awaiting instructions to release the deposit to the party that comes forward as the next of kin thus the reason why i am contacting you. My proposal is that since you share the same last name with the deceased I will like you to stand in as the next of kin to ( the deceased depositor) so that the fruits of this old man's labor will not get into the hands of some corrupt officials who won't value it. Acting in this capacity is really simple as I will guide you through. Being aware of this request I am making I ask that if you find no interest in this project.

PLEASE discard this mail. I further ask that you do not be vindictive and destructive if my offer is of no appeal to you hence delete this message and forget that I ever contacted you. You may not know this but people like me who have made tidy sums out of comparable situations run the whole private banking sector. The reward for this project makes it a task well worth undertaking. I have evaluated the risks and the only risk i have here is your refusal to work with me and further alerting the public. My position here guarantees the successful execution of this transaction. If you find yourself able to work with me. Once again be rest assured that this transaction will be profitable to both of us. I will give further information and let you know of our sharing ratio and also how we can easily achieve this when i receive your reply.
Regards, Biggs Holtzman"

10th, October 2015

Posted By: Bernard

My Dear Beloved Friend,

Thanks for your mail, I am very grateful, I ask please that you take time to read my mail so that you can have full understanding on how we can move ahead in this transaction which Worth $14.2 Million United State Dollars.

The true detail is that one of our client, who was a former Iraq Ambassador, died in the Iraq war that happened during the Iraq invasion that began on March 20, 2003 and ended on December 18, 2011. Led by the United State to toppled the government of Saddam Hussein as a result of armed conflict. Unfortunately, no body has come forward since to claim this fund despite all our correspondence and emissaries to whom it may concern.

Consequently and in line with our bank routine checks and balances our management board directed that all dormant deposit for this duration of time be transferred to the treasury as unclaimed deposit.

Based on my position as the Manager in Charge of Audit of Accounts and Investigation management of Deutsche Bank Plc, I have removed the file from the dormant list files, that is why I want to present you on trust to make the claim as the Business Partner Of Late Mr. Samuel Robert and also the next of Kin to the deceased legitimately with my directions as I have all the required data for the claim.

For me to be able to present you to the Bank I would like you to furnish me with the following details to enable me effect the necessary change and obtain the official and legal documents that will back up your entitlement as Late Mr. Samuel Robert Business Partner and also the next of kin.

As soon as I receive the above information, I will forward it to the Director of wire transfer of Deutsche Bank Plc presenting you to them as the Business Partner and also the next of kin..

Immediately your information is forwarded to Director of wire transfer of Deutsche Bank Plc, the Bank will guide you on how to apply for the claim as the Business Partner and also the next of kin.

Please know that this transaction is 100% free from any kind of risk.

Our Sharing Pattern is : 50% For me, 40% for you, the remaining 10% is set aside for any expenses we might incur.

We are fully together on this, I will guide you on each step to take until we finalize this transaction.

I await your urgent reply.

Yours Beloved Friend,

Mr. James McGill.

My Direct Phone Number : +44 702 401 0889

8th, October 2015

Posted By: Matt McKechnie

ENCLOSED IS THE COMPREHENSIVE DETAILS FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDINGS.

Hello my Dear Matt Mckechnie ,

My dear, I know a letter of this magnitude will make anyone worried, but believe me sincerely, contacting you on this issue wasn't by mistake, this is real and never a child's play. I understand your been shocked about my message however be rest assured that my intentions of been in contact with you is not to lie or joke with your person instead my intentions is for us working as a team here in handling this said fund been released to your person as the new beneficiary.

Firstly, I am assuring you that this transaction is 100% legal and risk free both now and after the claim. I am here as the personal lawyer of the deceased to ensure that we have a successfully claim. Remember that I am part of the proceed and for your information ,I have every documentations and information relating to this deposit as entrusted on me by my late client before his death as his personal Attorney on financial matters and that is why I will stake all within my powers to ensure that we have a hitch free transaction. so my dear do not be afraid about this relationship.

In a nut shell I will like to briefly summarize what I was saying in my first proposal to you; My deceased Client, (Engr.Dazniev Mckechnie ) He was a big customer of UNION TOGOLAISE DE BANQUE . He operated a coded account which he deposited the total sum of US$11.5 Million and died on a Car Accident. He was a Civil Engineer and Contractor who had handled so many projects here in West Africa. He had a Wife and a Son of course all of them were on the same Vehicle as they were going on vacation. He has a registered company here in Lome-Togo but folded up after his demise.

My Dear Friend , You actually may or may not be closely related to my Late Client, but Specifically, I got your information during my search for a trust worthy partner who can work with me in receiving the said fund as his next of kin.. I want you to stand as the next of kin to my late client before the Bank so that this fund shall be released and transferred to you .

Over the years now I have been searching for his close relative and have made contacts to his embassy but my attempts proved futile. While hasting to meet the Bank's stipulated deadline to make this provision which will lead to confiscation upon my failure to comply in relevant to law provision for such unclaimed fund exceeding the ten years stipulation by Law after the demise of my late client until I find your Contact details.. It was not by mistake because I did my thorough research before I contacted you. I will like to speak with you over the telephone so as to hear directly from you to increasing my confidence in you in an assurance for mutual trust, promising not to deny me of my own share soonest this fund is transferred to your custody.

My Dear, I will like us to discuss this over the telephone for oral clarification. I therefore request that you call me on my telephone number;+228-90-14-49-60.

My Late Client, has no will but the next of kin was his only Son who died alongside with him and that is why I am mandated by law as his personal lawyer to provide the nearest relation/next of kin which the Bank Board of Directors demands that I provide a foreign next of kin to my late client as enshrined to his deposit agreement.

The law of inheritance in my country does not make provision for estate management/agreement rather the right is given to the approved heir/beneficiary. And this is why I contacted you to stand as the next of kin to my deceased client so that you will be approved the heir/beneficiary in accordance with the law. Bear in mind that you are going to go through normal and legal inheritance claim procedure so that the claim will be fully legalized and/or notarized. This is why I have to guide you appropriately till we finally have the fund wired into any account of your choice for our sharing.

I will have to let you know that we need to confidentially and maturely handle this project because of the amount involved. The amount can easily elicit eyebrow from anybody and that is why it must be handled between us and keep it confidential.

The funds will then be transferred to you as the beneficiary and be shared according to a proposed sharing ratio of 50:50, i.e. 50% for me and 50% for you. I will provide all the necessary legally procured documents to back up any claim we make regarding this process, and will just require your understanding and cooperation as well as maintaining a very high sense of confidentiality until we confirm our fund transfer into your nominated Bank account to enable us achieve success within a legitimate arrangement, eliminating any liability resulting from any breach of the prevalent laws.

As soon as I have your sincere assurance to keep my share on trust without denying me of my share as soon as this fund is transferred to you, My dear , With your provided data’s , I shall complete and submit a text of application of intent in your Name to the Bank , putting claims for the release and transfer of the said fund to you thereafter i shall avail to meet you in your country for my share and my investment over there in some profitable business your shall recommend to me and you should have it in mind that you will come down here in Lome-Togo west Africa for I and you to sign off the final document for the release of the fund.

I therefore request that you provide me with this information below so as to enable me submit an application letter to the paying bank here on your behalf for the claim , release and transfer of the fund to you for our sharing and also to increase my confidence on you.

Please forgive me for contacting you without your consent, I am Barrister AZMI BIN AHMAD BAKRI, a legal practitioner with AZMI AHMAD BAKRI & CO, Malaysia. I have a client, who died as a result of heart-related problem on the 12th March, 2014. His death was due to the news of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370/MAS370) that disappeared on 8 March 2014, while flying from Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia, to Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, China, in which all the members of his family were on board.

I contacted you to assist in getting the funds left behind by my client before it is confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this deposit valued at US$10.5 million United States Dollars. The bank has issued me a notice to contact the next of kin, or the account will be confiscated.

My proposition to you is to seek your consent to present you as the next-of-kin and beneficiary of my late client, since both of you have the same last name, so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you thereafter we can share the amount on a mutually agreed-upon percentage of 50% to me and 40% to your kind self and 10% to the charity. All legal documents to back up your claim as my late client's next-of-kin will be provided. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through.

What I have mentioned to you sounds like crazy funds, but believe me is not! it is within my hands. It is real and not fraud, it is 100% legal, and the funds have history and will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. I must use this opportunity to implore you to exercise the utmost indulgence to keep this matter confidential.I will like you to acknowledge the receipt of this e-mail;(azmibin.bakri77@gmail.com) as soon as possible to indicate your interest.

Best Regards,
Barrister Azmi Bin Ahmad Bakri.ESQ

1st, October 2015

Posted By: josie jessop

I have been in contact with a lady perporting to be on her death bead from breast cancer. Sshe has a legcy she wants to leave to me to do 'Gods work'.
I have been asked to contact a bank (which I have checked on the internet and there does seem to be such a bank)
I have now been instructed to send 220.00USD to a certain person out in the BENIN REPUBLIC to pay a courier to bring me paperwork to be signed which will confirm me as her next of kin and then apparently they will transfer by a Bank Draft her said legacy. there seems some urgency as if the legacy not claimed it will be claimed by the treasury.

27th, September 2015

Posted By: Ritesh Agrawal

With due respect this is a personal message for you,I need some directives from you to invest some capital in your country.

And see how we can partnership into the business. Just reply me to explain better.

My Dear, I am most happy for your reply. I really don't know how to
explain myself here because in this kind of business discussion, we
suppose to meet face to face to talk about it, but due to some family
matters i can not be able to afford the cost now to travel with my
children, that is why i seek your contact to have some private
discussions with you through mails and probably phone calls.
I am a widow with four children, my husband died last 2 years during
the country political crises. We are from the Central African
Republic, but due to the problem in the country, and the death of my
late husband, i left the country with my children to Burkina Faso,
where i am communicating to you now. I don't know how you see my
contact to you. And you know a lot of things now happen with the
internet, people sending all kind of lies messages claiming other
people names.
Dear friend, it took me time to consider to contact you through email,
and i pray for God directions. Let me now explain to you the reason
why i contact you. First' I have concluded arrangement to come down
there with my children and settle there, so that my children can have
a good education and good future. Secondly' i don't want to come there
and start looking for work, my late husband plan for the children
future ahead, He have this account at the Maybank in ,Malaysia, with a
total of $4.2million. I don't have any business idea as you ask, and
no experience, i have been a civil worker all my life. This is why i
need your assistance to invest the capital into good business that
will bring good profit. And i am ready to partnership with you into
any business you suggest i put the capital.
Finally' as the capital is in Malaysia, the bank gave me options to
move the fund after i have identify with my son to the bank as the
next beneficiary to the fund. They have approve to move the fund to my
destination in whole, as i am not the original bearer of the deposit
account, but i requested they transfer part of the fund to me here, to
be able to buy air tickets and secure other traveling papers for my
children, but they refuse my request, saying before they can transfer
the fund bit by bit, i must have an account with my names in their
bank, and that will require me coming down to Malaysia.
As i can not travel there now, i choose the easier option, that is to
move the fund to my destination. And since we are almost ready to come
there in your country, i decided to contact you through email, for us
to reason together and see what the capital can put up there, and how
we can go into the business as partners. And most importantly, secure
the capital in your account before our arrival, to enable our
traveling.
Dear friend, please, i took out time to explain this to you for your
easy understanding, and i am counting on you for good investment of
the capital, and our comfort arrival and stay there,i am waiting your
suggestions, and more about yourself and what we can invest with the
capital.
please i need your humble assistance.
Thanks
Mrs.Bridgette .

25th, September 2015

Posted By: Ritesh Agrawal

Dear Friend,

I appreciate you for writing back. Do not be bothered as to why you have been contacted your for this and its genuineness, as it has been authenticated from a pure motive. Your email was sourced from a web journal and the good-willed message was sent to you. Permit me to introduce myself again; I am Liliane Bettencourt, daughter of late Louise Madeleine Berthe. French Citizen, 91 years old, and worth $30.5 Billion Dollars.

The intention of this email is to be of immense blessing to people.With my age, I cannot continue to amass wealth without giving out. I might not have the liberty of time due to my ailment (Dementia),therefore, I am doing this now.I have handed all my wealth to my only daughter, but there is part of it which nobody is aware of.. I have been putting it away for this purpose since a long time now. I would be happy to cede it out to you.I would have done this myself but for health reasons and if I do it through my daughter, I am very certain she will not help anyone with it. She took me to court the last time I gave out money out of generosity. It is my hope that you are able to receive this money and if you can, also help others from it too as you wish. I am giving it basically to you though.

0.1% of my worth I have been amassing in capital projects for a long time now and it has amount to $30,500,000.00. I am trying to cede this in money, portion by portion through a bank to as many as can benefit from it because I do not really have much to do with it. As I send this message to you, I also sent to others too. I sent to churches,Orphanages, and individuals, 10% each to all whom I have contact with.
Now, all this being said, if you know you are ready to receive the funds $3,500,000.00 (Three Million, Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars). Kindly confirm your application by completing the following data and introduce yourself in details, Full name.., Address.., Age.., Occupation., Telephone number....., thereafter i will write to you in my next email on what to do to receive your portion of money from the bank. This is my personal wealth and does not need many formal procedures, some beneficiaries have received theirs.. My only terms is that you be good with it and be good to others too, that's all. Please make it fast because I have only a few days to use a computer since the doctors have given instructions to stop me from the use of electronics.

As I await your response, I wish you a wonderful day.

Faithfully,
Mrs. Liliane Bettencourt

25th, September 2015

Posted By: Nikki seal

My brother was scammed by men in the Philippines and Ghana. He has been involved in sending money to many men, who talk to him and professed love or called him daddy. NikkHe recently died and after 40+ years as his beneficiary, sister (next of kin) shortly before his death he changes beneficiary to one of these men.I am appealing, do I have a chance.

19th, September 2015

Posted By: Jean

Another day, another idiot scammer. Here is the one for today and his email:

My name is barrister john koffi lawyer to Mr. Pavel Steven a citizen of your
country working with Oil Company here in Togo. I and Mr. Pavel Steven
had a car accident which he lost his life. Before his death in the
hospital where we were admitted he told me the sum of $6,000,000
Million Dollars he deposited in the bank he gave me your email address
and instruct me that if it happened that he did not survive that I
should contact you with this email and help you for the money to be
transferred to your account and he told me that you are his relative.
He gave me the deposit certificate he used in depositing the money in
the bank he instructed that after the transfer of the money to your
account you should give $1,000.000 to the motherless home in your
country and $200.000 to me for my compensation, it is unfortunate that
Mr. Pavel Steven did not survive. I have been in hospital for the past
one year because of my broken legs now I have recovered I have
contacted you to claim the money. To proceed I will submit application
to the bank on your behalf so provide your full name and address for
the application and to change the beneficiary of the money in your
name. I guarantee you that it will be done under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please
reply me directly here; [barristerjohnkoffi68@yahoo.ca ]
Thanks and God bless!

to me
As a matter of last resort ,I Thomas Holton of Bingham McCutchen LLP will like to bring to your Attention why i am contacting you on behalf of my late client Craig Flothmann, who Has left behind a huge Bank balance .Would you like to be the beneficiary to my late client ? i am his solicitor ,i will be giving further details upon My receipt of your correspondence to this. Note;this is confidential,

He goes on further talking about some 6.5 million pounds. I really hope people are cross checking and don't get scammed into this. I fully plan on writing back and asking a thousand annoying questions and playing along to waste his time back. I hope people like this who try to steal from hard working honest people, burn in hell. Also, maybe some jail time would be nice if someone could please catch these pieces of shit.

16th, September 2015

Posted By: Brenda

My both sisters died 6 months apart, I know my niece and the room mate did something to my sisters death, also they claim to be next of kin which they are not. I am the next of kin. Of my both sisters and we are very close and trying to be there for each other. My niece and the room mate took everything and there no will. Been having bad nightmare every night, no one listen to me. I am deaf and my partner trying everything to find help. My niece is very EVIL. Remembering her saying I am next. Am very scared what she might do. Can't let her to get away with this. God help me

12th, September 2015

Posted By: Bernadete

I received today an offer like that from a person who identified herself as Mrs. Chang Feng - Head of Accounting Dept - DBS Bank, Hong Kong.

11th, September 2015

Posted By: Benin Scam

Beware of this scam email, below:

Attention(dear customer)

This Letter is From African Union Office, we want to Remind you that the Hon executive President of Eco-was Union Mr Thomas Boni Yayi Fro Benin, Has Finally Sign your compensation/Inheritance Fund Release, according to the instruction Given to him By the American President Dr Barack Obama and European Union Executive, also Asian union and Oceanic Board of Trustee so now your Total fund worth of $4.8 million Dollars is Currently Ready at money gram department here, so contact the Agent In-charge with information below,Full me,Country,Address,Phone,sex/age
Name Mr.Benson Achu Don
Contact email:(managerheadofficeau@gmail.com//
contact tel.:+229 98620552)(+229 98620552)
Note the Daily Payment is $8000 dollars so contact him with above details so that he can provide you with further Information,
Thank From Mrs Maria Jonathan African
mr. benson achu don telphone number.:+229 98620552)(+229 98620552 email addres/managerheadofficeau@gmail.com/

9th, September 2015

Posted By: daniel

i was also scam he is using the name of jeff sikora... this sept.2 2015.Greetings to you,

Thank you for finding time to get back to me as I requested. My name is Mr. Jeff Sikora and this is my telephone number:+1-785-655-6309. You are free to call me anytime and I will always answer once I am in a comfortable place to talk. I want to ask for your help in getting back the money left behind by a citizen of your country Mr. Gabriel Rodrigo. If this will endanger your position and reputation, I would not have contacted you. This is safe and beneficial. I am presently the President/CEO of my bank here in United States of America and please do not expose this transaction for any reason, I will give you more information of myself, our bank and the transaction itself once you accept to do this with me.

Late Mr. Gabriel Rodrigo lived and worked in Los Angeles, California, United States of America as a real estate business man and he deposited in our bank the sum of four million, six hundred thousand US Dollars (US$4,600,000.00) as fixed deposit for a period of two years in 2008. This deposit has long matured and has gone dormant for over seven (7) years. We have tried to reach him and could not. His telephone number cannot be reached, emails sent to him kept bouncing back as undelivered and we never got any response from the letters posted to his residential address. This issue prompted me to carry out an independent investigation about his whereabouts since he did not provide a next of kin or beneficiary at the time he made the deposit with us. I later realized with shock that he was shot dead sometime in March 2010 by criminals who robbed them while on vacation in Mexico. In order to verify the truth of the matter, I went to Mexico and confirmed he was dead, it is a sad story for a kindhearted and generous person like him. This matter was not reported to our bank and nobody in our bank is aware of this except me.

I have on my own made inquiries at your embassy here in the United States and also visited Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Manila, Philippines, no information of him was found. I have checked our records, there is no information of him relating to his address in his country and he did not put nominee at the time he made the deposit. All these made it impossible for me to locate any of his relatives. Since this is the issue, I want you to apply as the beneficiary of the deceased to claim the deposit from our bank since it is believed he was from your country according to his name. I know there are a lot of Philippines here in the United States, but it is only someone from outside United States of America can successfully make this claim because of the way our bank works. It does not matter whether you knew him or not, it does not matter if you have any kind of relationship with him or not, I will guide you all the way to make this claim. It is not a matter of being greedy or having bad morals, we are not hurting anyone by making this claim and it is not the best to leave the money to eventually end up in the hands of few corrupt government officials while we have the opportunity to live better with it. This transaction is a risk free transaction and as the President/CEO of my bank, the final approval of your application will be done by me. Once I approve it, you will have the right to claim the money.

We will share the money into two equal parts (50:50) for each of us when the claim is made. Everything will be done successfully and legally, have no fear about this. Right now, I have all the copies of documents relating to the deposit he made that you will file to back up this claim. All I require is your sincerity and honest cooperation to enable us make this claim successfully and we have to do this within shortest time possible because the money will be reverted to the Treasury Department's account if not claimed now. If you are willing to do this with me, write back and I shall inform you on what next to do to make sure you receive the money. I am waiting for your consent in order to move to the next step towards getting the money. Thank you.

Your sincerely,
Mr. Jeff Sikora.

8th, September 2015

Posted By: harshank

Compliment of the seaon,I am Mr. Richard Milan,i am a lawyer from Republic of Ghana Accra,and i am contacting you because of your last name that i came accross here on skype.

I have a client name Andrew Vyas who made a fixed deposit with a bank,BARCLAYS BANK GHANA. and it was the sum of USD$10,000,000.00 (Ten million US Dollars) Deposited in the Barclays Bank here in Ghana in 2007 and the due date for claims was 2010,unfortunately my client he was among the dead victim in the indonessia earthquake that occured some years ago and he did not mention his next of kin to me before his death.

The bank is yet to know that he is dead,if they know he is dead and has no next of kin ,they will give his funds to the government and i dont want that to happen.

I am seeking your co-operation to present you to the bank head office as his next of kin to my late cleint ,so that they can approve the funds to you and we can both share it.This deal its 100% risk free because as it stands now,the bank are relying on me to present his next of kin simply because i am his lawyer.

If you are intrested,email me at: ( richard_millan@aol.fr ) or you can reach me at my private line for more details +233-543-423-980

Regard,s
Mr Richard Milan.

1st, September 2015

Posted By: Noel P Menion

mam/sir kindly forward me the process or the procedure in how to claim the the fund sothat i connot victims the scam, I Noel P. Menion, Prome Philippine, I am the next of kin of my uncle died last june 4, 2007 Gelber Elmer Menion His Address is in 12 Rue de La Gare BP 3071Lome, Republic of Togo, i Have copy of all the information needed, but i did know what i,m going to do ,,, help... My Email Address... menion_noel@yahoo.com / +639467604017

30th, August 2015

Posted By: Penny

Beware of Herbert Moos from VTB Bank.

He sends u a message saying one of your family members have passed away and that you are the only one closest to kin and they send the death certificate and u have to pay to activate their account. He said his son was ill and his bank was closing down and needed some money, so we had to send him 1500 to activate the account s UK nce the amount we were getting was so high. We didn't have that much money and we told him we couldn't get it so he said he pawned some very valuable items from his home and paid half of it and so we paid the other 750 plus an extra 56 since it was going to an out of state address.. When he got the money he said the activation fee went up and the lawyer said it would cost even because of the amount we were recieving so we told him we didn't have the money and he said it would take him a couple of months to come up with the money and he would get back to us whenever he had it he also had us send him a picture of the receipt and we did and we didn't hear from him after that.

24th, August 2015

Posted By: jEFFREY pEDRIN

THIS LADY IS VERY SICK AND WANTS TO LEAVE ME 3.5 MILLION TO USE TOWARDS A CHARITY FOR KIDS THE MONEY IS TO COME FROM SONALI BANK CAN YOU HELP

22nd, August 2015

Posted By: Kim

got the one the other day from:
Regards.
Neil Addison

New Bailey Chambers
4th Floor
The Corn Exchange
Fenwick Street
Liverpool
L2 7QS.
+442032399627
+447031970096
Please read carefully as I am going to explain in details why I mailed you. My late client Craig died in an auto-mobile crash on the 15th of March 2013. He was a formal Sub-Comptroller working with Chevron Texaco Oil here in the United Kingdom He was an oil merchant and he had oil dealings around Europe and Africa, (he was 60 years at the time of his death), He was transferred from Belgium in the year 1988, and He have lived most of his years here in London, but travelled often. Craig was never married and had no kids. He migrated into The UK a long time ago as an orphan. I have served as his private attorney for the last eleven years preceding his death. I was recently contacted by the Bank as his attorney to provide his Next of kin who should inherit his fortune; this according to them is their policy in sure circumstances. I have written several letters to the embassy with the intent to locate any of his extended relatives whom shall be claimants/beneficiaries of his deposited funds and his abandoned personal estate and all such efforts have been to no avail.

16th, August 2015

Posted By: Leo Brisebois

I made the mistake of giving out my acct number in order receive such an inheritance which I now know is a scam.
I advised the bank and they are going to watch including myself of any transaction occurring.
With my bank account are they able to withdraw from my account without my consent.

15th, August 2015

Posted By: harish vennu

I have been contracted recently by a think is a scam next of kin her name sandra koneh lawyer steve agawa. He has asked for money and bank transfer to my account passport details and accountdetails please i need help me sir kindly regards to read any one helps to me thank you lawyer email id his
steveagawalawfirm@gmail.com

11th, August 2015

Posted By: Joseph Burnum

Watch out, I was just tried for scamming by this individual below through email. I'm sure he'll change his name and phone number, but maybe someone will get lucky and see the information.
____________________________________

Thomas John Holton
Bingham McCutchen LLP
London,

41 Lothbury LONDON EC2R 7HF ENGLAND
+447937420394

N.B

When calling you dial your country calling code which I think is 011+my number

(+447937420394). You can also confirm the code

from your service provider.

11th, August 2015

Posted By: FAYE

Greetings once again,

I have to first thank you for your quick reply. This is a serious transaction and should be taken as such at all times, I am certain that in less than 14 banking days the money will be in your account. You will only have to follow my directives to avoid mistakes in the process of making the claim. The most important elements in this claim are: trust, confidentiality, sincerity and cooperation. None of these important elements should lack in both of us throughout the process of the claim in order to be successful, it is very, very important.The truth about the whole issue is that our bank will turn this deposit to the treasury department's account if this claim is not made before the end of the month of August 2015 and it is important we are quick in applying for the claim. As I previously assured you, you stand no risk of any kind in this as I am here to influence things in our favor and I am 100% sure that we will be successful, your application will be expressly processed and approved since it is on my table that this will come. It does not matter if you have any relationship with late Mr. Gabriel Rodrigo or not, you do not have to worry for any reason.

To tell you a little of myself, I was born on the 29th day of August, 1969. I am originally from Indiana, United States of America and I have lived in Muncie, Indianapolis for years with my wife and two daughters. I love my family very well and would not want to disappoint them for any reason. If I am not sure of what I am doing, I cannot be doing this. Take this transaction very serious and be careful to avoid mistakes. Any email you receive from our bank should first be forwarded to me so I can read it and advise you on it before you give a reply to it. If the need be, I may even write the email which you shall give back to our bank and then send it to you so you can send it from your own email address. If however you are called, always tell them to send you email by claiming you do not understand their spoken English well. This is basically to avoid been asked questions you cannot give the rights answers and thereby jeopardize our chances of getting the money. Even if they tell you to come in person to our bank, tell them you cannot come in person because of your busy schedule. These important roles are what you are to play, once you do them, be assured that we will receive the money and the interest on it as well. The interest is on simple interest rate of 4% per annum. The amount we are going to get is four million, seven hundred and eighty four thousand US Dollars (US$4,784,000.00) and this will go along way to help our finances. Please do give me your details below to enable me draft an application letter of claim which you will send to my bank through email for further process:

The next thing I will do is to draft an application letter of claim which you will have to send to our bank through email. The application letter of claim will come with two attached documents: the certificate of deposit and the last letter our bank sent to late Mr. Gabriel Rodrigo. I got the two documents from his file with us. Please, do not make the mistake of forwarding the application letter of claim and the documents with my name or email address on it, take note of this. Do let me know once you send it, please. I'm sure that once I make the necessary endorsement in regard of your application and also approve it, the money will be paid into any bank account you may provide regardless of where the account is and I will join you for my own share. If there is anything you do not understand or wish to ask, you are to write and ask so I can have the issue cleared.

I have attached a scanned copy of my passport and official ID for you to know me better.

Thank you once again for your willingness to do this with me.

Yours sincerely,
Mr. Jeff Sikora.
I RECEIVED THAT RECENTLY THIS JULY,2015

1st, August 2015

Posted By: amran

I just got contacted again by these scammers here is the latest email

I am Barrister ZULMI BIN SABRI, a legal practitioner with ZUL JAAFAR IBRAHIM & CO Perlis Malaysia. I saw your contact and profile and decided that you could cooperate with me in this proposition.
I have a client, who died as a result of heart-related condition on the 20th November, 2010. His heart condition was due to the death of all the members of his family in the Air Flight Crash.

I contacted you to assist in getting the funds left behind by my client before it is confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this deposit valued at 10.5 million United States Dollars. The bank has issued me a notice to contact the next of kin, or the account will be confiscated.

My proposition to you is to seek your consent to present you as the next-of-kin and beneficiary of my late client, since both of you have the same last name, so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you thereafter we can share the amount on a mutually agreed-upon percentage of 60% to me and 40% to your kind self. All legal documents to back up your claim as my late client's next-of-kin will be provided. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through.

This will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. I must use this opportunity to implore you to exercise the utmost indulgence to keep this matter extraordinary confidential, whatever is your decision, while I await your prompt response. I will like you to acknowledge the receipt of this e-mail;( zulmibinsabri65@gmail.com ) as soon as possible to indicate your interest.

Hello my name is Gemmaa
I have been contacted recently by a think is a scam. He has provided me with his passport documents and his legalCertificate and i asked for his firms name which he has provided. I really do not know what to do about this need help!!

Thank you

28th, July 2015

Posted By: jacilla

hello i need you to help me i think i am being scammed from from the same as you have shown above this recipient his name is Faissal essoazina
his email is faissalessoazina@gmail.com

24th, July 2015

Posted By: Juliet

The following message was from Sally-Ann Parker also know as Elander.

Dear Mrs. Juliet,

I write to you on behalf of my clients (Butterfield Private Bank) who are conducting a wide scale investigation in relation to matters involving a client who shares the same name as yours (Late Robert [surname]) and also the circumstances surrounding investments he made with my principal.

The Late Robert died intestate and nominated no next of kin to inherit the title over the investments made with my client and I have been contracted to locate possible family members of the Deceased and people with close ties using all available means at my disposal. The essence of this communication with you is to request you provide us information on three issues:

1. Are you aware of any relative/relation who shares your same name whose last known contact address was in Brussels ?

2. Are you aware of any investment of considerable value made by such a person at the Private Banking Division of Butterfield Bank?
3.Can you establish beyond reasonable doubt your eligibility to assume status of next of kin to the deceased? It is pertinent that you inform us ASAP whether or not you are familiar With this individual that we may put an end to this communication with you and our inquiries surrounding this person.

You must appreciate that we are constrained from providing you with more detailed information at this point. Please respond to this mail using my below personal email address as soon as possible to afford us the opportunity to close this investigation.

Thank you for accommodating our enquiry.
Sally-Ann Parker.

11th, July 2015

Posted By: Jeff mark jones

Had been a victim and lost nearly $64,000.00 until I contacted the Embassy and they redirected me to contact the Ghana Crime Unit(info.ghanapolice@consultant.com) and my case revived a four me condition.
Beware of scam.

4th, July 2015

Posted By: elz tripplington

i got an email today that simply said only this , must say nothing like other examples of scam letters im seeing over the internet, really straightforwards and to the point.
"Dear (my name removed),

I am contacting you to assist retrieve late (their name removed) deposit of US$6.5 Million left in the bank before its get confiscated by the bank."

and that is it. yup. thats what the email said. plain and simple. besides the fact i removed the names just in case this is real and someone on here tries to claim my shit haha.

26th, June 2015

Posted By: shawnna

I wasn't through Facebook or any social media, I was contacted through emaul, looking for someone with my last name to claim "craig mendoza " estate, couldn't answer how he got my email and sent me letters to sign. Obviously he took a real lawyers identify in england to pursue this matter.i will b contacting everyone.....

25th, June 2015

Posted By: elfiema@yahoo.com

Here is one I received 3 days ago on facebook. My Dear Friend ,I am very sure you can make a lot of difference by replying
> to my mail , become good friends in our Lord Jesus Christ and see that with
> greater power comes greater responsibility . You can make a lot of changes
> in the life of others with this great offer from the Lord through me to you
> , most especially the poor hearted , and the less privileged.
>
> Firstly , I think i would start all with a proper introduction of myself. I
> am Mrs. Serah Williams, A widow to Late Williams. I am 57 years old ,
> suffering from long time cancer of the breast . From all indications , my
> condition is really deteriorating and is quite obvious that I may not live
> more than two months according to my doctor , because the stage at which my
> cancer is (Level 3) , it is so critical and also to a very severe stage.
>
> My personal physician told me that I may not live for more than 2 months
> and I am so scared about it. My late husband and i both grew up in a
> motherless home in Switzerland we got married and we travel to the United
> Kingdom for our wedding and we decided to stay back there simply because it
> is a lovely place to stay and we were given a permanent stay after so many
> years of stay and also we have no child of our own due to one problem or
> the other, Since his death I decided not to re-marry or get a child outside. my matrimonial home which the Bible is against even though i wish i had. It
> is late now you know, and age is no longer on my side.but still believe the
> lord will send me someone that will make me smile which is you because the
> bible says in the book of
> Psalms 119:116 Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live, and let
> me not ashamed of my hope.
> Psalms 138: 7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou will revive
> me......
> Psalms 145:18Psalms 57: 7 My heart is fixed. O God my heart is fixed, I
> will sing & give praise
> Psalms51: 17 The sacrifices of God are broken spirit, a broken & contrite
> heart, O God thou will not despise.
> psalms 41: 1 Blessed is he that considerate the poor, the Lord will deliver
> him in time of trouble. Two of my favorite verses: Philippians 2:27: For
> indeed he was sick nigh unto death, but God had mercy on him & that on him
> only, but on me also,lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.( I always say
> this in my mind)
> So, I now decide to give all of my wealth, by contributing to the
> development of the motherless baby homes,less privileges, needy, poor,
> charity homes,widows and Cancer patient too in your country and i just want
> you to forget about the distance between me and you. I am willing to donate
> the sum of $5.000,000.00, us dollars which is still the major inheritance i
> have left. I wish you could be someone who i could trust with all my
> heart,to make this wish of mine come true despite my prayers over you
> before i get to contact you.
>
> I really need you to use the funds to help the poor which is very essential
> and also the widow and cancer patient as me. I know this is hard, but you
> should keep this saying in your heart , I am like Moses in the Bible . He
> came to the Red Sea and Pharaoh behind him and no way to turn but God
> delivered him all by a miraculous deliverance . It will be a miracle from
> God to be able to help all the dear people God has laid on our hearts, as
> you have been laid on my heart to do is will.This is why with God in my
> heart i contact you and i want you to contact me so we be in contact with
> all the poor souls out there.
> Give new lives , hopes and days . I have come to find out that wealth
> acquisition without Christ is vanity and i hope you will agree with this
> also. I will be praying hard that Satan will not stop this effort. Do
> contact me and i will tell you more of what you wish to know . Note that
> the Lord have a great reason for me contacting you and i will be very
> grateful if you will heed to the call of the Lord by replying me back.
>
> Yours in Christ,
> Serah Williams
>Their email williams.1543@gmail.com

22nd, June 2015

Posted By: fatima may G. De la Cruz

Hi, im fatima frm d Philippines, i received such message like this, i was so shocked as i was nervous too received such message...next to kin thing...he said his name is Barrister George Jojo frm Lome-Togo, a solicitor at Law..making proposal to me since his client died of a motor accident leaving a huge amount of Euro 9.3million..And hes asking for my consent since same we hve same surname of client Late Albert D'cruz...he gve his email.address barr.georgejojo1@gmail.com...hope by this way, will help others to be alert and vigilant against this scam! Thank you.

I am from Kuwait. I am married to Mr. Richead Hamson, who worked with Kuwait embassy in Ivory Coast for nine years before he died in 2004. We were married for eleven years without a child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days.

Before his death, both born again Christian. Since his death I decided not to remarry or get a child outside my matrimonial home which the Bible is against. When my husband was alive he deposited the sum of ($ 2.5 million) in the bank here in Abidjan suspense account.

Currently, the fund is still in the bank. Recently, my doctor told me that I have serious sickness which is cancer problem. What disturbs me most is my stroke sickness. Knowing my condition I decided to donate this fund to church or those who utilize this money the way I would recommend here. I want a church that will use this fund for orphanages, widows, to promote the word of God and the effort that the house of God is maintained.

The Bible is for us to understand that blessed is the hand that gives. I took this decision because I do not have any child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are not Christians and I do not want my husband's efforts to be used by unbelievers. I do not want a situation where this money will be used in an ungodly manner. That's why I'm taking this decision. I'm not afraid of death, so I know where I'm going. I know that I'm going to be in the bosom of man. Exodus 14 vs 14 says that the lord will fight my case and I hold my peace.

I do not need a telephone communication in this regard because of my health hence the presence of my husband's relatives around me always and I do not want them to know about this development. In God all things are possible. As soon as I get an answer I will give you contact of the bank here in Abidjan. I want you and the church to always pray for me because the lord is my shepherd. My happiness is that I lived a life worthy Christian. Whoever wants to serve the lord must serve him in spirit and in truth. Always praying for their whole lives.

Reply me for more information's, in your reply will give me room in sourcing another church or person for the same purpose. Let me assure you that they will act accordingly as specified. Hope to get an answer.

Send me the following information, as per below.

Your full name ..........
Address ...........
Age ...............
The occupation ........
Photo ...............

I am contacting you based on a financial opportunity I discovered here in my Bank. It's about an abandoned sum of $31. 7m Us Dollars (Thirty One million, Seven Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) in our save deposit vault, that belongs to one of our foreign customers, a citizen of your country that share the same surname with you, who died along with his entire family on the 11th march 2006 in a ghastly car accident in Porto Portugal.

The banking policy can only allow the release of such funds to a benefactor through an application as next of kin to the deceased.

After his death, the bank has been expecting a possible beneficiary, but no luck, this institution has exploited all its ethical possibilities in other to contact his possible relatives or inheritors, but to no success since nobody has come over for the claim of the funds for the past 10 years.

I have made my own research with the help of a private investigator, it is my knowledge that this man has been living in Barcelona for the past 22 years and has never returned back home. I also learnt that his wife and 13 year old daughter died along with him during the car accident. I am 100% sure that no one is aware of the existence of these funds.

However, because of the international financial crises, a lot of reform has been made within the Spanish financial system, this includes the new law on succession of claims which indicates a duration in which such inheritance could be tolerated.

The Bank of Spain has mandated our institution to release the funds to the inheritor. Failure to respond to this ultimatum would legally allow the Bank of Spain to confiscate the funds as unclaimed funds (Which of course would go straight to the Government's pocket). It is therefore upon this entire discovery that I have decided to contact you.

I want you to know that I am a senior member of this office. As an insider, I am equipped with all classified secret information regarding the release of these funds. I would dedicate to make sure that I feed you with all possible documentation and information required for the approval and release of these funds.

Upon your acceptance to cooperate, I agree that 45% of this money will be for you, 55% for me. Please note that I have ONLY discussed this issue with my husband.

For time difference and confidential reasons, I strongly advice that you should get back to me via my private email address at (gracesaludareis@yahoo.com) with your contact details immediately you acknowledge the receipt of this mail, so that I would be able to inform you on how this could be concluded.

In conclusion, it's my concern to demand your ultimate honesty, co-operation and confidentiality to enable us conclude this transaction.

I fully assured you that this process would be executed under a legitimate arrangement that would legally protect you from any breach of law.

Please kindly Reply to (gracesaludareis@yahoo.com)

Regards,
Mrs.G S"

19th, May 2015

Posted By: James Pelletier

Here is what I got. Watch out for this scammer!

BECKWORTH CHAMBERS UK
68 Doughty Street, London, WC1N 2LS UK

Dear Friend.

I am Barrister Harry Beckford, a Legal practitioner here in London and I wish to solicit your assistance in a deal that involves reasonable amount of money. This deal by virtue of its nature must be utterly confidential and top secret. Though I know that transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that this will be done under a legitimate arrangement that will protect both of us from any breach of the law.

Like I stated above, I am a Legal practitioner here in London and I came to know you in my private search for a reliable and reputable Business Person/individual that can handle this confidential deal with me, which requires maximum confidence and trust from both sides.

MY PROPOSITION;

I had a wealthy client named Satoshi Nagata who was one of the richest men in Japan but did most of his businesses in Germany and middle east . He was into several businesses before his untimely death in an air mishap in March 2015. This website will give you comprehensive picture of what I am talking about:

[fake website]

My client who died along with his wife deposited the Sum of $41.7 Million (Forty One million, Seven Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only) with a bank here in the UK.During the bank audit exercise, the bank discovered my late client's deposit as an unclaimed credit balance, hence issued me a notice to provide any relatives of my client otherwise they will have the account closed and the fund confiscated. I have made several inquiries to his high commission to locate my client's extended relatives, but all my efforts proved abortive, I then decided to trace his relatives or family member over the internet, and hence I found you as my instinct convinced me that you will be a trustworthy and honest business partner and I decided to contact you to assist me with the legal transfer of my late client's deposit before it is confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Financial institution where the fund is lodged.

I now seek your permission to present you as my deceased client relative and have you stand as the Next of Kin to my deceased client so that the funds of $41.7 Million (Forty One million, Seven Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only) can be released and paid into your account as the beneficiary and next of kin.

I will provide all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up your claim. Please get in touch with me immediately if you are interested to assist me and send to me your contact address, and direct telephone number, then I will commence work in your name. Be informed that this transaction is risk free otherwise my chambers will not contact you because it is against our ethics. Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual business endeavor by furnishing me with the followings;

I am Mr Paul Tan Wong a staff of Lloyds TSB Group Plc. here in Singapore attached in Private Banking Services, I contacted you as regards to a business proposal that will be of an immense benefit to both of us and the less privileged ones.

All confirmable documents to back up the claims will be made available to you prior to your acceptance and as soon as I receive your return mail Via my email address, I will let you know what is required of you.

You do not know my Client Late Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi in person do you? I was his companion for years he did business with my bank here in Hong Kong, He has various accounts used to launder billions of dollars all over the world as he is a very influential man, No one is getting in trouble and if you do not want to be part of this you are free to pull out now but i assure you this opportunity is worth taking.

What I wish to relate to you might be a smack of unethical practice but I want you to understand something; it is only an outsider to the banking world who finds the internal politics of the banking world aberrational. The world of private banking especially is fraught with huge rewards for those who occupy certain offices and oversee certain portfolios; you should have begun by now to put together the general direction of what I propose. There is USD$85 Million (Eighty Five Million united states dollars) deposited, I alone have the deposit details and they will release the deposit to no one unless I instruct them to do so. I alone know of the existence of this deposit for as far as my finance firm is concerned, the transaction with our deceased customer concluded when I sent the funds to the firm in Malaysia, all outstanding interactions in relation to the file are just customer services and due process. The finance firm has no single idea of what's the history or nature of the deposit, they are simply awaiting instructions to release the deposit to any party that comes forward, and this is the situation. This bank has spent great amounts of money trying to track the family of the deceased; they have investigated for months and have found no family but however the investigation has officially come to an end.

My proposal; I am prepared to place you in a position whereby an instruction is given to the finance firm to officially release the deposit to you as the closest surviving relation/associate, and all etiquette shall be done in accordance with the rule of law, I certainly can guarantee you that. By the common law, the power of bequeathing is coeval with the first rudiments of the law, and this power has been extended to all a man's Personal and Real estate (Personality & Realty). There is no ruling which prevents an inheritance from being so exhausted by legacies as to render it unworthy of the heir's acceptance; basically all persons of sound mind are competent to bequeath and devise real and personal estate, excepting infants, with all this I would say we have the clear advantage to carry out a smooth and perfect operation whereby the paper work shall be coordinated in such a way that your status as a sole beneficiary is confirmed. Upon receipt of the deposit, I am prepared to share the money with you in half and no more; that is: I will simply nominate you as the next of kin and have them release the deposit to you; afterwards we share the proceeds 50/50.

You may not know this but people like me who have made tidy sums out of comparable situations run the whole private banking sector, I am not a criminal and what I do, I do not find against good conscience, this may be hard for you to understand, but the dynamics of my industry dictates that I make this move. Such opportunities only come ones' way once in a lifetime. I cannot let this chance pass me by and I hope you understand, because for once I found myself in total control and face to face with my destiny. These chances won't pass me by, I ask that you do not destroy my chance, if you will not work with me please let me know, and hence move on with my life, but do not destroy me; I am a family Man and this is an occasion to provide them with new opportunities. There is a reward for this project and it is a task well worth undertaking, I have evaluated the risks and the only risk I have here is from you refusing to work with me and alerting my bank; I am the only one who knows of this situation, good fortune will bless you and plant you into the center of relevance in my life, let’s share the blessing.

Please, again, note I am a family Man; I am happily married with kids, I send you this mail not without a measure of fear as to what the consequences might be, but I know within me that nothing ventured is nothing gained and that success and riches never come easy or on a platter of gold, this is the one truth I have learned from my private banking clients; do not betray my confidence. If we can be of one accord I shall have the pleasure of meeting you, after this task has been completed plan a meeting.

In a nut shell without playing around with words, What i want from you is that i present you as the Next of Kin and sole beneficiary to the $85 Million at the finance house where the funds are presently deposited.

I await your response.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr Paul Tan Wong

12th, May 2015

Posted By: arab bohara

i have got such email scam
Hello My dear,

How is you health and work, hope all is in Good Condition as i am not much feeling alright..I am just here on my sick bed waiting for my time to come.. i must let you know that i have given the all faith to almighty God.Its almost more than five months now that i have been dreaming over the God sent soul that will help me and now i am very sure you are the God sent to me in helping me accomplish this great mission,as i have said before i have just limited time to spent on this earth this is the reason why i have chosen you top help me claim this fund of the bank and use it for the said purpose.

I want you to know that i have limited time to leave on this planet and i don't want to see my fund lying down there and shared among the top officials or mapped out for the development of the country,this is the reason why i have chosen you ,i have tried my best to make Richard my Husband younger brother do this for me but all hope seems to be lost Richards is just after the money.As i have to let you know that i cant make any calls here all just because of my health,cause if i do my doctor will be angry with me..please my dear i will like you to please tell me more about yourself and your family and also please send me some pics of you.my dear,i have done all possible best to make Richards my Husband younger brother do this for me but all hope seems to be lost Richards is just after my life.

Please let me know your faith towards this so we can proceed and let me know if i can trust you Okay ?..Please tell me more about yourself and also send me some of your pics as soon as possible Now ..Thanks a lot for your responds...so i will want you to know that am going to send you a letter which you are going to send to the bank to apply for the release of my fund to your domited account in your country.....hope to hear from you soon..MAY THE LORD BE WITH YOU

Thanks

30th, April 2015

Posted By: Selena

Received an actual letter from a scammer calling himself Bruno Schulz, who apparently has a law office in Germany.

27th, April 2015

Posted By: Ramakrishna d k

Somebody has messeges me from barkino faso country regarding 5.5 millian dollers so I believed I send messege all processing finished first they told me they taken my Idbi details here their bank adb bank now they telling am telling cash hand to hand u pay 3000 euros they sending these r possible or not tel me please

26th, April 2015

Posted By: Jerry

i received this scam email from this clown:

"Please can you help me receive Twelve Million, five hundred thousand Dollars from a bank?

I am Mr Paul Tan Wong a staff of Lloyds TSB Group Plc. here in Hong Kong attached in Private Banking Services, I contacted you as regards to a business proposal that will be of an immense benefit to both of us and the less privileged ones.

All confirmable documents to back up the claims will be made available to you prior to your acceptance and as soon as I receive your return mail Via my email address, I will let you know what is required of you.

You do not know my Client Late Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi in person do you? I was his companion for years he did business with my bank here in Hong Kong, He has various accounts used to launder billions of dollars all over the world as he is a very influential man, No one is getting in trouble and if you do not want to be part of this you are free to pull out now but i assure you this opportunity is worth taking.

What I wish to relate to you might be a smack of unethical practice but I want you to understand something; it is only an outsider to the banking world who finds the internal politics of the banking world aberrational. The world of private banking especially is fraught with huge rewards for those who occupy certain offices and oversee certain portfolios; you should have begun by now to put together the general direction of what I propose. There is USD$85 Million (Eighty Five Million united states dollars) deposited, I alone have the deposit details and they will release the deposit to no one unless I instruct them to do so. I alone know of the existence of this deposit for as far as my finance firm is concerned, the transaction with our deceased customer concluded when I sent the funds to the firm in Malaysia, all outstanding interactions in relation to the file are just customer services and due process. The finance firm has no single idea of what's the history or nature of the deposit, they are simply awaiting instructions to release the deposit to any party that comes forward, and this is the situation. This bank has spent great amounts of money trying to track the family of the deceased; they have investigated for months and have found no family but however the investigation has officially come to an end.

My proposal; I am prepared to place you in a position whereby an instruction is given to the finance firm to officially release the deposit to you as the closest surviving relation/associate, and all etiquette shall be done in accordance with the rule of law, I certainly can guarantee you that. By the common law, the power of bequeathing is coeval with the first rudiments of the law, and this power has been extended to all a man's Personal and Real estate (Personality & Realty). There is no ruling which prevents an inheritance from being so exhausted by legacies as to render it unworthy of the heir's acceptance; basically all persons of sound mind are competent to bequeath and devise real and personal estate, excepting infants, with all this I would say we have the clear advantage to carry out a smooth and perfect operation whereby the paper work shall be coordinated in such a way that your status as a sole beneficiary is confirmed. Upon receipt of the deposit, I am prepared to share the money with you in half and no more; that is: I will simply nominate you as the next of kin and have them release the deposit to you; afterwards we share the proceeds 50/50.

You may not know this but people like me who have made tidy sums out of comparable situations run the whole private banking sector, I am not a criminal and what I do, I do not find against good conscience, this may be hard for you to understand, but the dynamics of my industry dictates that I make this move. Such opportunities only come ones' way once in a lifetime. I cannot let this chance pass me by and I hope you understand, because for once I found myself in total control and face to face with my destiny. These chances won't pass me by, I ask that you do not destroy my chance, if you will not work with me please let me know, and hence move on with my life, but do not destroy me; I am a family Man and this is an occasion to provide them with new opportunities. There is a reward for this project and it is a task well worth undertaking, I have evaluated the risks and the only risk I have here is from you refusing to work with me and alerting my bank; I am the only one who knows of this situation, good fortune will bless you and plant you into the center of relevance in my life, let’s share the blessing.

Please, again, note I am a family Man; I am happily married with kids, I send you this mail not without a measure of fear as to what the consequences might be, but I know within me that nothing ventured is nothing gained and that success and riches never come easy or on a platter of gold, this is the one truth I have learned from my private banking clients; do not betray my confidence. If we can be of one accord I shall have the pleasure of meeting you, after this task has been completed plan a meeting.

In a nut shell without playing around with words, What i want from you is that i present you as the Next of Kin and sole beneficiary to the $85 Million at the finance house where the funds are presently deposited.

I await your response.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr Paul Tan Wong

17th, April 2015

Posted By: Prasad

I got a message from sa regarding inheritance money but they don't ask any bank. How to check it is genuine or not.

8th, April 2015

Posted By: Miata

Here is what my favorite scammer sent me:

My Dearest, i need your help,

I am writing this mail to you with tears and sorrow from my heart. My is Miss Zaring Kipkalya Kones, 25yrs old female and I held from My father was (Dr Kipkalya Kones) the former Kenyan road Minister. He and Assistant Minister of Home Affairs Lorna Laboso had been on board the Cessna 210, which was headed to Kericho and crashed in a remote area called Kajong'a, in western Kenya.The plane crashed on the Tuesday 10th, June, 2008. I am constrained to contact you because of the maltreatment am receiving from my step Mother and Uncle who planned to take away all my father's treasury and assets from me since the unexpected death of my Father.

Please if you want to know more about me help by contacting me here in my email zaring.kipkalya00@yandex.com

Fortunately for me, they couldn't discover where I kept my father's
file. I am now writing you from the office of Rev Father RICH KAREEM
here Burkina Faso where I escaped for my dear life under the cover of
United Nation High Commssion For Refugee of which Reverend Benjamin
OUEDRAOGO is the Camp leader and he allowed me to communicate you
through his office computer.

I have the sum of Four Million two Hundred Thousand Dollars.
(US $4.200.000.00) as an inheritance from my late father which I will
like to invest in your country with your help and I cannot be able to
make this claim myself because of my refugee status. I have made up my
mind to keep a legitimate relationship with you for this long term
business relationship and investment assistance in your country. Please, am seeking your humble assistance to uptake and accept the below

responsibilities:
1. To stand as my Foreign Partner/Trustee over the transaction.
2. You are to provide any account for the transaction (either empty
account or existing account.)
3. After the transaction has been successfully completed, you are
obliged to assist me re-locate to your country and locate a good
University enable me complete my studies.
4. You will be the one to invest part of the funds pending when i shall complete my education.

Please if you want to know more about me help by contacting me here in my email zaring.kipkalya00@yandex.com

I travelled to Burkina Faso to withdraw the money for a better life so
that I can take care of myself and start a new life, on my arrival, the Bank Director whom I meet in person told me that my father's instruction to the bank is that the money would only be release to me when I am married or present a trustee who will help me and invest the money overseas. I am in search of an honest and reliable person who will help me and stand as my trustee so that I will present him to the Bank for of the money to his bank account overseas. I have chosen to
contact you after my prayers and I believe that you will not betray my
trust. But rather take me as your own sister.

I beg you not to disclose it till i come over because I am afraid of my wicked stepmother who has threatened to kill me and have the money alone,I thank God Today that am out from my country (KENYA) but am now In (Burkina Faso) where my late father deposited these money and i have confirmed from the bank with the Documents i have at hand i will send my picture to you in my next mail.

Please if you want to know more about me help by contacting me here in my email zaring.kipkalya00@yandex.com

Sincerely yours,
Miss Zaring Kipkalya Kones

2nd, April 2015

Posted By: Smirnoff

Watch out for this email! Now they started coming in your email via text software. This one for example came from 3175098538@vtext.com:

Compliments,

How are you and your family doing ? Hope you have not forgotten me? I
am Dr Williams Johnson II, the man from Nigeria who contacted you some
time ago to assist me secure the release of some money accrued from
the over invoicing of a contract/inheritance that was awarded by my
government sometime ago during the military regime.

Though you were not able to assist me conclude the transaction, I'm
happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds
transferred under the assistance and cooperation of a new partner from
Brazil. Presently I'm in South Korea for investment projects with my
own share of the total sum.

Meanwhile, i didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me
in transferring those funds, I made sure you are not left out the
benefit of the transaction hence I kept aside for you sum of Eight
Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollar
($8,500,000.00)draft.
Please bear with me for the making the initial contact through Email.
Mean-while, A woman came to MY SECRETARY OFFICE few Days Ago with a
letter,Claiming to be your true Representative.

Please,Do reconfirm to MY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, as a matter of urgency
if this woman is from you so that he will not be held responsible for
paying into the Wrong Name.
If this woman is not your REP,You are requested to fill and send this
information's for verification purpose so that your VALID CERTIFIED
BANK DRAFT US$8,500,000.00 MILLION US DOLLARS WILL NOT BE delivered
into the wrong hand please.

I appreciated your efforts at that time very much,so feel free and get
in touch with my secretary Mr. Paul Adams, l have instructed him on
how to send the Bank Draft to you. Please do let me know immediately
you receive the Draft so that we can share the joy together after all
the sufferings at that time.

In the moment, I'm very busy here because of the investment projects
which i and my current partner are having at hand.

Finally, remember that i have left instruction to my secretary so as
soon as you contact him he will send the Draft to you,so feel free to
get in touch with MY SECRETARY NOW.

My name is Michael Reyfields; I work with the Reyfields Investigations, a Consulting Firm in London, UK. We are conducting a standard process investigation involving a client who shares the same name with you and also the circumstances surrounding investments made by this client at HSBC Bank.
The HSBC Private Banking client died intestate and nominated no next of kin to inherit the title over the investments made with HSBC Bank. The essence of this communication with you is to request that you provide us information on three issues:

1-Are you aware of any relative/relation having the same surname, whose last known contact address was Madrid, Spain?
2-Are you aware of any investment of considerable value made by such a person at the HSBC Bank?
3-Can you establish beyond reasonable doubt your eligibility to assume status of next of kin to the deceased?

It is pertinent that you inform us ASAP whether or not you are familiar with this personality that we may put an end to this communication with you and our inquiries surrounding this personality.

You must appreciate that we are constrained from providing you with more detailed information at this point. PLEASE RESPOND BACK TO MY PRIVATE AND DIRECT EMAIL ADDRESS; mr63782@yahoo.com
as soon as possible to afford us the opportunity to close this investigation.

Thank you for accommodating our inquiry.

Yours sincerely,
Michael Reyfields
Reyfields Investigations

29th, March 2015

Posted By: j bowman

I received the same message from fox Williams with the name gaberial bowman who worked for amex oil in London and left 10.4 million dollars I instantly knew it was a scam this person needs to be shut down thrown under the jail for trying to still money from people it's a sham I hope no one falls for this ignorance

28th, March 2015

Posted By: annette n.

Hi my name is Annette. And I recently made friends with selway murry on fb. And he ask if I could be his next of kin of...saying he was an independent contractor with Exxon Mobil and needed help with cashing a 4 million check. So please look into this,so that we can warn others that are being deceive

My name is Mr Malik Sarwar, a legal practitioner in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I saw your contact and profile and decided that you could cooperate with me in this proposition. I have a client, who was deceased in November, 2009, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I am contacting you because you have the same surname as my deceased client and i felt that you could help me in the distribution of funding that were left in my deceased client's bank account. This funding is closed to be declared un-serviceable by the bank as there were no indicated next of kin or next of beneficiary of the funding in the bank account.

The total amount of cash in the bank account of my deceased client is US$ 11.3 Million ( Say, Eleven Million, three Hundred Thousand United States dollars Only ), The bank had issued to me a notification to contact the next of kin of my deceased client for either to re-activate the bank account or to make claim of beneficiary, of the funding in the bank account, with a month surcharge of 6% to be deducted as an Escrow safe keeping fee of the bank account, so as to avoid the indefinite closure of the bank account. My proposition to you is to seek your consent, and to present your kind self as the next-of-kin and beneficiary of my deceased client, since you have the same last name with him.

This means that the proceeds of his bank account would be paid to you as his next of kin or the legitimate beneficiary. When the proceeds in his bank account are paid to you, we would share the proceeds on a mutually agreed-upon percentage of 60% to me and 40% to your kind self. All the legal documents to back up your claim as my client's next-of-kin would be provided by me. The most important thing I would need is your honest cooperation in this proposition. This would be done under a legitimate arrangement that would protect you from any breach of the law. If this business proposition offends your moral and ethical values, feel free to back out. Please contact me at once if you are interested reply through my personal email (maliksarwar@blumail.org)

Regards,
Barr. Malik Sarwar. M.ESQ,
Senior Advocate/Solicitor.

27th, March 2015

Posted By: Darlene Konos

I received the same letter from a Jonathon Little ESQ. Here is it in it's entirety.
JONATHON LITTLE ESQ Image

GILESGATE HOUSE,COUNTY DURHAM DH1 1JA, UNITED KINGDOM

BUSINESS PROPOSAL

This business proposal is confidential and I request that it be treated as such. I must solicit your confidentiality and assure you that I am contacting you in good faith and this proposal will be of mutual benefit. I am Jonathon Little, a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney/sole executor to a client of mine, who died along with his family in a plane crash on the 5th of August 2005.

My late client a formal Sub-Comptroller working with Chevron Texaco Oil here in the United

Kingdom and had Left behind a deposit of Sixteen Million British Pounds Sterling only

(£16,000,000.00) with a bank. After the death of my client, the finance company contacted me, as his attorney to provide his next of kin who should inherit his fortune this according to them is their policy in sure circumstances.

Since the death of my client, I have written several letters to the embassy with intent to locate any of his extended relatives whom shall be claimants/beneficiaries of his abandoned personal estate and all such efforts have been to no avail. I had to inform the finance company about my fruitless effort in locating my late client's close relative or his next of kin.

The board of directors of the finance company now adopted a resolution and I was mandated to provide his next of kin for the payment of this money or forfeit the money as an abandoned fund. The company had planned to invoke the abandoned property decree of 996 to confiscate the funds after the expiration of the period given to me but after an investigation in the finance company, I found out that some members of the company wants to divert this fund into their private accounts for their own selfish interest and only want, to use the excuse that since I am not able to look for someone to make the claim, the money should be made unserviceable and that means submitting the fund to the federal government of this country and some to the company management which is not their main intentions.

By virtue of my closeness to the deceased and his immediate family, I am very much aware of my client's financial standing. I do sincerely sympathize the death of my client, but had thought it unprofitable for his funds to be submitted to the federal government of this country and the finance company where it is lodged. I have reasoned very professionally and I feel it will be legally proper to present you as the next of kin of my deceased client which is legally possible and would be done in accordance with the laws of the land.

27th, March 2015

Posted By: Joey

Has any got an e-mail about MICHEAL JERRY being in a hospital bed and how he has to trust a total stranger because his family would spend the 2,000,000 for their own personal use?
He even claims it to be legit! And that he wants me to give 50% to charity and 50% to myself.
...I wonder he will reply since I asked him to show me proof...

MICHEAL JERRY's email is majiris@hotmail.com

13th, March 2015

Posted By: Cypher

I am Barrister JOHAR BIN OTHMAN , a legal practitioner with JOHAR OTHMAN & HEMLY FIRM, Malaysia. I saw your contact and profile and decided that you could cooperate with me in this proposition. I have a client, who died as a result of heart-related condition on the 20th November, 2012.

I contacted you to assist in getting the funds left behind by my client before it is confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this deposit valued at 10.5 million United States Dollars. The bank has issued me a notice to contact the next of kin, or the account will be confiscated.

My proposition to you is to seek your consent to present you as the next-of-kin and beneficiary of my late client, since both of you share the same surname, so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you thereafter we can share the amount on a mutually agreed-upon percentage of 60% to me and 40% to your kind self. All legal documents to back up your claim as my late client's next-of-kin will be provided. All I require is your honest cooperation in this proposition.

This will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. I must use this opportunity to implore you to exercise the utmost indulgence to keep this matter extraordinary confidential, whatever is your decision, while I await your prompt response. Kindly indicate your interest through my personal email (joharbinothman312@gmail.com)for security purpose.

Best Regards,
Barr Johar Bin Othman. ESQ
(Senior Advocate/Solicitor)

IT'S ALL A LOAD OF SHIT PEOPLE CON MEN ARE ALWAYS OUT TO MAKE QUICK EASY MONEY BY ANY MEANS, DONT GIVE THEM YOUR BANKING INFO OR ANY INFO AT ALL DONT REPLY TO THE MAIL OR EVEN IF ITS A PHONE CALL TAKE DOWN THE NUMBER HANG UP PASS IT ALONG TO THE POLICE

9th, March 2015

Posted By: johny

I allmost a victim of this scam thank you you for your guidance of this leeter

8th, March 2015

Posted By: roger brown

There is a rose Andrew claiming daughter of Andrew kotnana with 4.7 mill.in foreign bank email address is roseandrew100@hotmail.com sounds like scam hahaha

6th, March 2015

Posted By: Deb

Watch out for this clown's email:

Please read carefully as I am going to explain in details why I Contacted you. I must solicit your Confidentiality and assure you that I am contacting you in good faith and this proposal will be of mutual benefit. Am attorney Fox Williams, A solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney/sole executor to late Mr Gabriel Goedken , The formal Sub-Controller in AMEC OIL(London) who died in a car crash in East London on the 15Th of MARCH 2013. Mr Gabriel Left behind a deposit of TEN MILLION FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS only ($10.4million) with a Finance Company Here In London.

After the death of my client, the finance company contacted me, as his attorney to provide The Next of kin who should inherit Late Gabriel fortune this according to them is their policy in sure circumstances. Since the death of my client MARCH 2013 I have written several letters to the embassy with intent to locate any of his extended relatives whom shall be claimants/beneficiaries of his abandoned personal estate and all such efforts have been to no avail ,I had to inform the finance company about my fruitless effort in locating my late client close relative or His next of kin. The board of directors of the Finance company just adopted a resolution and I was mandated to provide my Late Client next of kin for the payment of the Deposited Fund within the next 15 official working days or forfeit the money as an abandoned funds. The company had planned to invoke the abandoned property decree of the company to confiscate the funds after the expiration of the period given me. Also I have received official letters in the last two days suggesting a likely proceeding for confiscation of his abandoned personal assets in line with existing laws of the institution.

Well I have reasons very professional and I can use a legal means to present a next of kin of my deceased client. This is legally possible and would be done in accordance with the laws of the land. On this note I decided to search for a credible person and finding that you bear a similar last name, I was urged to contact you, that I may, with your consent, present you to the “Trustee” as my late client’s family member as to enable you put up a claim to the bank in that capacity as a next of kin of my client. I find this possible for the fuller reasons that you are of the same nationality and you bear a similar last name with my late client making it a lot easier for you to put up a claim in that capacity. I have all vital documents that would confer you the legal right to make this claim and would make them available to you so that the proceeds of this bank account valued at $10.4 million can be paid to you before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable . I do sincerely sympathize the death of my client but think it is unprofitable for his funds to be confiscated .

My aim is to retrieve these funds and let it be claimed by the deceased family Lineage, etc. for this I seek your assistance since I have been unable to locate the relatives for the past Two years now. I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you have the same last name giving you the advantage so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you and then both of us can share the Fund , 50% to me and 50% to you. I know there might be other persons out there with the same surname as my late client, but after a little check my instinct tells me to contact you. Can I trust you on this? I shall assemble all the necessary documents that will be used to back up your claim. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of law. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this proposal is hitch-free and that you should not entertain any fears as the required arrangements have been made for the completion of this transfer. Like I said, I require only a solemn confidentiality on this,If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed on you. Thanks for your understanding.
Your expeditious response will be gratefully appreciated.

Dear Drury,
“I decided to write you this proposal in good faith, believing that you will not betray me. My name is Jasim AL Ali,a Credit Audit Officer of United Arab Bank, Dubai (U.A.B).I got your information during my search on your Country Chambers of Commerce. I am 48 Years of Age and Married with two Lovely Kids. It may interest you to hear that I am a man of peace and I only hope we can assist each other.I have been in search of someone with this last name (Drury ),so when I saw your name I was pushed to contact you and see how best we can assist each other believing that you will not betray me. I am a Banker here in United Arab Bank,Dubai (U.A.B).One Naema Drury ,citizen of your country and Gold dealer made a fixed deposit with my bank in January 2009 for 36 calendar months, valued at (US$26,700,000) Twenty Six Million, Seven Hundred Thousand US Dollars. The due date for this deposit contract was the 2nd of April 2012.Sadly Naema Drury , was among the death victims while on a business trip to Indonesia in September 2009 earthquake. He met his untimely death in the Indonesian 2009 September earthquake.

My bank management is yet to know about his death, I knew about it because he was my friend and I was his Account Officer,Naema Drury did not mention any Next of Kin/ Heir when the account was opened, he was not married and no children. Last week my Bank Management requested that (Naema Drury ) should give instructions on what to do about his funds, if to renew the contract.I know this will happen and that is why I have been looking for a means to handle the situation, because if my Bank Directors happens to know that Naema Drury is dead and do not have any Heir,they will take the funds for their personal use, so I don't want such to happen.That is why I am seeking your co-operation to present you as the Next of Kin/ Heir to the account, since you are a foreigner and my bank head quarters will release the funds to you.There is no risk involved; the transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect us from any breach of law.It is better that we claim the money, than allowing the Bank Directors to take it, they are rich already,I am not a greedy person, so I am suggesting we share the funds accordingly, 50% for me, 45% for you and 5% for any expenses that will be incurred during the time of claims .Let me know your mind on this and please do treat this information highly confidential.We shall go over the details once I receive your urgent response,You can contact me on my private email address:(jasimali09999@outlook.com) for details.

Anticipating your response

Jasim AL Ali
United Arab Bank
(U.A.B)?

I will post copy of ensuing conversation soon!

26th, February 2015

Posted By: Nobefundisi msweli

*i got the same sms from malik sarwar who say he a legal practitioner
My name is Mr Malik Imtiaz Sarwar, a legal practitioner in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I saw your contact and profile and decided that you could cooperate with me in this proposition. I have a client, who was deceased in November, 2009, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I am contacting you because you have the same surname as my deceased client and i felt that you could help me in the distribution of funding that were left in my deceased client's bank account. This funding is closed to be declared un-serviceable by the bank as there were no indicated next of kin or next of beneficiary of the funding in the bank account.

The total amount of cash in the bank account of my deceased client is US$ 11.3 Million ( Say, Eleven Million, three Hundred Thousand United States dollars Only ), The bank had issued to me a notification to contact the next of kin of my deceased client for either to re-activate the bank account or to make claim of beneficiary, of the funding in the bank account, with a month surcharge of 6% to be deducted as an Escrow safe keeping fee of the bank account, so as to avoid the indefinite closure of the bank account. My proposition to you is to seek your consent, and to present your kind self as the next-of-kin and beneficiary of my deceased client, since you have the same last name with him.

This means that the proceeds of his bank account would be paid to you as his next of kin or the legitimate beneficiary. When the proceeds in his bank account are paid to you, we would share the proceeds on a mutually agreed-upon percentage of 60% to me and 40% to your kind self. All the legal documents to back up your claim as my client's next-of-kin would be provided by me. The most important thing I would need is your honest cooperation in this proposition. This would be done under a legitimate arrangement that would protect you from any breach of the law. If this business proposition offends your moral and ethical values, feel free to back out. Please contact me at once if you are interested reply through my personal email (maliksarwar@blumail.org)

is this a Scam guyz help

23rd, February 2015

Posted By: Christina J.

A Mr.Barrister Richard Henry,contacted me here in N.Y.state,USA on Febuary 02,2015.His address is right now is a google account.Anybody,else had this contact?

11th, February 2015

Posted By: Souad

I want to assured you about the legality and safety of this project, letting you know about the involvement of the lawyer here who was the lawyer to the late depositor.

You have no reason to worry about the safety of this deal,this is 100% brisk free. I am involved and the lawyer is also involved so you don't have to worry about this. I swear in the name of god about the safety of this life beneficial transaction ok.

When talking about safety, I should be the one to be worried because I would be here on ground to also convince the bank about your position as the next of kin, if anything should go wrong then I will be the one to be in trouble because I am physically present, pushing for you to be approved as the next of kin, so why worry when after the lawyer must have completed all legal process to position you legally as the next of kin which will protect and exonerate you.

Listen, there is no point to forfeit the funds to the government ok because the government policies don't favour ordinary citizens, so there is no point for the bank or government to turn over the money for their own personal use, so we claiming the funds is not a sin on our own side since the depositor is dead.

The deceased deposited these funds without any one as his next of kin, as his account officer, I can use my position in the bank to get a foreigner to lay a claim on this fund with your name since you bear same last name with him.

Please don’t reasons like a layman, this is not illegal because if we don't claim it, some other bankers that comes across the funds will claim it for their own personal use, you and I need the money to be comfortable in life, if we claim the funds we can set aside some portion of the funds to support the less privileged and orphans, not the government because they won’t consider the helpless people.

You should have yourself to blame if you throw away opportunity to help the poor with the funds rather than allowing government to divert it for their use.
Think about what I have just told you

10th, February 2015

Posted By: Souad

His name is Salim Mohammed Tlemcani.

This is about a deceased client in our bank who shares same last name with you. Let me give you an illustration of the information I want to pass across to you. If an individual opens an account in a bank without the knowledge of his family maybe for reasons best known to him obviously it will be him alone that knows he has money in such a bank. If accidentally that person dies, what do you think will happen to the money? Obviously it will be there in the bank for as long as nobody comes to claim it. This is because nobody will come to claim such funds as the depositor's beneficiary or next of kin.

I appeal to you to assist me in this business transaction regarding the funds deposited by our late client which amounts to £7,500,000.00 (Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterling). He was a business man based here in the United Kingdom. He deposited this amount with the Bank in 2006 before his untimely Death. He had suffered from heart disease before he died in the year 2007. The filing and recording department of the Bank have tried to contact his relatives but no fruitful information about the relatives. Presently this account is dormant because it is unclaimed. Now, as his account officer, I can use my position to get a foreigner to place a claim on this fund with your name since you bear same last name identity with him. I want you to know that all the required documents to fortify this claim can be provided by me and his personal lawyer who is working with me in this transaction. The lawyer will stand in for you if the bank requires you to come in person. The lawyer is working with me in this transaction and as such, we believe that we can work together and achieve this great goal. Therefore we will be successful to claim the fund with your name as soon as you are willing to comply and take the offer of 40% of the total amount after the claim and transfer of the fund into your designated account. Most importantly, it will be very wise of you, if you keep this transaction strictly and exclusively to yourself, in the interim and see that you do not start discussing or talking about it with anybody until we receive this money. My colleague who was working with Halifax Bank some years back had this same opportunity. He got a partner from Korea who worked with him in the transaction because his late client was from South Korea. Within 2wks the Bank released the money to his partner and today that my friend has relocated to Korea with his family and has setup big business with
his partner.

The lawyer and I cannot claim this money ourselves because we do not have same last name and the Bank knowing fully well that we are not citizens of his Country. Have no fear or worry as all document needed before the Bank can approve you as the next of kin will be provided by me. I will send the documents to you upon request by the Bank so that you can send the document to the Bank. This transaction does not require any type of delay because the Bank will close the account after three months and this is why we need to work toward this claim immediately and claim the fund within 10 Bank working days. The transaction can practically be concluded within 8 to 10 working days if you can adhere to my advice and to speed up actions on your own part too. Please I need you to reply me and inform me if you accept the sharing terms of 60/40. 60 for us and 40 for you.

Please I will need your (1) Full name Including your middle name (2) other mobile telephone numbers (3) occupation and Age.

I WILL SEND YOU A DRAFT APPLICATION THAT YOU WILL SEND TO THE BANK ONCE I GET YOUR REPLY TO THIS MAIL.

Greetings. My name is Philip Thomas. I work with one of the leading Banks here in London, UK. I would need your consent to present you as the next of kin to our late customer who died of heart attack in 2009. He was a wealthy business man who deposited a huge amount in our Bank. He died without any registered next of kin as he was long divorced and had no child.

I got your email contact from the internet directory in my search for any name or individual I will present as the next of kin in order to claim the funds, therefore I contacted you.You don't need to be a business woman, your status is not what is needed rather your proof to claim the funds which I am here to assist you.

I was his account officer and have in my possession all the documents required to present you as his beneficiary next of kin. I contacted you because you have same name identity with our late client and can perfectly fit in as next of kin, We can work together to claim this fund. Please listen, this is real and goes on in Banks all over the world without people knowing. Let us utilize this opportunity because it does not come always. A lot of customers open private accounts with different Banks without the knowledge of their families and when they die, such money will be lost to the Bank unless someone comes to claim it. This is how a lot of Bank Directors make so much money silently.

On your confirmation of this message and indicating your interest, I will furnish you with more details. Please endeavor to provide me with the following so that we can discuss in details:

1)mobile phone numbers
2)full name
3)contact address and occupation

I urgently hope to get your response as soon as possible.

10th, February 2015

Posted By: Souad

I also received so many of these emails this is the last one
Greetings. My name is Philip Thomas. I work with one of the leading Banks here in London, UK. I would need your consent to present you as the next of kin to our late customer who died of heart attack in 2009. He was a wealthy business man who deposited a huge amount in our Bank. He died without any registered next of kin as he was long divorced and had no child.

I got your email contact from the internet directory in my search for any name or individual I will present as the next of kin in order to claim the funds, therefore I contacted you.You don't need to be a business woman, your status is not what is needed rather your proof to claim the funds which I am here to assist you.

I was his account officer and have in my possession all the documents required to present you as his beneficiary next of kin. I contacted you because you have same name identity with our late client and can perfectly fit in as next of kin, We can work together to claim this fund. Please listen, this is real and goes on in Banks all over the world without people knowing. Let us utilize this opportunity because it does not come always. A lot of customers open private accounts with different Banks without the knowledge of their families and when they die, such money will be lost to the Bank unless someone comes to claim it. This is how a lot of Bank Directors make so much money silently.

On your confirmation of this message and indicating your interest, I will furnish you with more details. Please endeavor to provide me with the following so that we can discuss in details:

1)mobile phone numbers
2)full name
3)contact address and occupation

I urgently hope to get your response as soon as possible.

Philip Thomas

10th, February 2015

Posted By: M M

Good day,

Thanks for your response.Please permit me to introduce myself to you. I am Ms. Felicia Hernandez from Turkey currently based in Aberdeen due to settlement with my late husband. I requested for your help and trust in this matter because of the present problems I am facing now. I was married to Late Engr Mr. Cassidy Hernandez who worked with MULTINATIONAL OIL COMPANY EXXON MOBIL AS A DRILLING RIG SUPPLIER in Scotland for 18 years he died on 21st July 2002 on a plane crash with other passengers, We were married for twenty four years without a child. Before his death, he deposited the sum of {£7,500.000.00GBP}Seven million and Five hundred Thousand Great British Pounds sterling with a bank In Scotland in United Kingdom and this fund is presently with the bank awaiting my disbursement as beneficiary and next of kin to the funds. Recently, my Doctor told me that I would not last for the next Eight months due to cancer Problem.

Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to a Charity organization or a good and God fearing person that will use this fund to build an orphanage home which was the dream of my late husband. l took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this money. I kept this deposit secret till date; this is why I am taking this decision. I don't think I will need any telephone communication in this regard presently because of the nature of my illness and the confidentiality of this transfer due to my husband family all around me.Upon your reply I shall give you the contact details of My Lawyer who will assist you with the documentations that will prove you the present beneficiary of this money also assist you in the transfer processes at the bank. I am very grateful to you for the interest shown in my plight and I want to assure you that you will be greatly rewarded for what you have chosen to do.

Although we are knowing each other for the first time but I believe God has directed me to you as I prayed and searched over the internet for assistance because I saw your profile on Microsoft EMAIL owners list and picked you. Be assured you stand no risk as this is my money, I and my late husband labored for it and me as the next of kin has the sole power to donate the funds to whoever I want.

All I need is your absolute trust, commitment, confidentiality and honesty because I want to see my late husband’s vision fulfilled before I leave this sinful world. I will also want to know a little more about you regarding your life, your spiritual life what you do for a living so as for me to know you well. I require your urgent response, if you are trustworthy and willing to help carry out this good work.

To this regard I will require your
Full names:
Address:
Age:

With these details I will also inform my lawyers to work with you and help arrange the transfer of the funds to you. As soon as you have received the fund then you will help me set up charity or distribute it to charity organizations and hospitals. I pray to be alive when you receive this fund and start this project so that you can visit me here if you wish to.

I will be very happy if you can stand and fulfill this work of God which you have been called to do. With God all things are possible.

Thanks
Ms. Felicia Hernandez
feliciahernandez4@centurylink.net

25th, January 2015

Posted By: Noe

You know they use and have bank names websites like if they were the real deal, but enough of the chit-chat. The supposed attorney's name is Michael Kyle Philip and goes for the next of kin under the dead Anderson Garcia apparently going for a whopping 6.8 mill pounds inheritance. He gave Tel: +447053838893 Fax: +44 (0) 1983 284. Please don't let anybody else for for this trap

17th, January 2015

Posted By: proxtra

In my case , he claimed to be an accountant for a death engineer who died in a car accident , moreoverhe sent a copy if his passport for trust , I'll post the emails I received ,.
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Hello Sir,

I am a senior accountant with Tesco Bank, UK. I have worked here for more than 9 years now and I was the personal accountant to one Engineer (Mohamed Abdul Rahman) a foreign contractor with SBM Offshore who has an account with my bank.

Unfortunately, my client died along with his nuclear family at Belgium while on sabbatical in the summer of 2009, may their soul rest in peace. Several efforts were made to find his extended family through your embassy without success.

I received a notice last week to provide the next of kin of Mohamed been his accountant or the account risk been transferred to the government (es-cheat) in 16 days time. I am contacting you to assist me in repatriating the funds left behind by my late client since you both share the same last name.

This claim will be executed without breaching any UK laws and success is guaranteed if we cooperate on this. The bank will release the account to you because of your last name and my recommendation of you as the next of kin.

I will forward my International passport to you when I get your response, so you know that i am not joking. The amount involved is 7,649,400 Pounds; I propose we share the proceeds 50:50, I think this is fair. I will give you all the necessary information about deal when I get your response.

We have actually begun the transfer process of account to you as the
next of kin of Late Engineer Mohamed Abdul Rahman. The reference account
has quiet a huge closing balance with a high interest gained over time. it
was initially difficult locating account details because it has not been
used for a while but this account still remains valid.

Our policy demands that the listed documents be made available by you
before we can complete the account transfer/ funds to you.

Your are also required to provide answers to the following questions
immediately before the bank executive will meet in the next 48 hours.
The questions are:
1.state exactly his occupation before his death .
2.state exactly and clearly the cause of his death and precise date of death
3.state the name of supposed next of kin wife and first son of deceased.
4.State clearly and accurately the type of account operated by the
deceased with our bank.

On receiving answers to the questions and the above mentioned documents, we
will then legally transfer account & account’s backup files to you.
Expecting your quick response to serve you better.

My name is Barrister Henry B. Crico, an Attorney-at-law in Cape Town. My client by name Mr. Gert Clipaciuc, a well known farmer that resides in Cape Town, but now deceased, lost his life on an attack at his resident. Prior to his Death, my Late Client made a fixed deposit of $7,888,416.41 United States Dollars in a financial firm. As his personal Attorney after his death, I was officially notified and instructed by the firm to provide Mr. Gert Clipaciuc next of kin so that the Funds in his Account is remitted/repatriated to his Next of Kin in accordance with the Inheritance Law.

Mr. Gert Clipaciuc died interstate, meaning he died without leaving a Will, hence, all my efforts to locate any of his relatives for presentation to the Financial Firm has proved abortive. I am seeking your consent to present you as the deceased relative/next of kin and subsequently the beneficiary of the fund so that the proceeds of this account valued at $7,888,416.41 United States Dollars can be paid to you for subsequent disbursement between you and I. 30% for me, 65% for you and then 5% will be set aside for any expenses we might incur in the course of the transaction.

Work with me to receive these funds as next of kin to Mr. Gert Clipaciuc, by confirming your interest by email. I assure you a 100% risk free transaction because I am in possession of the personal file of the deceased after which the money will be transferred into your account as Mr. Gert Clipaciuc next of kin I have contacted someone like you because I know you will not run away with all the money when it is transferred into your account. I will come meet you when transfer is completed.

Work with me to receive these funds as next of kin to my client, by confirming your interest by email. Please be kind to get back to me if you are not interested so that I can further my search for another partner.

Yours respectfully,

Barrister Henry B. Crico

6th, January 2015

Posted By: Dana

Here is my case:
Good day,

My name is Barrister Henry B. Crico, an Attorney-at-law in Cape Town. My client by name Mr. Gert Visnjic , a well known farmer that resides in Cape Town, but now deceased, lost his life on an attack at his resident. Prior to his Death, my Late Client made a fixed deposit of $7,888,416.41 United States Dollars in a financial firm. As his personal Attorney after his death, I was officially notified and instructed by the firm to provide Mr. Gert Visnjic next of kin so that the Funds in his Account is remitted/repatriated to his Next of Kin in accordance with the Inheritance Law.

Mr. Gert Visnjic died interstate, meaning he died without leaving a Will, hence, all my efforts to locate any of his relatives for presentation to the Financial Firm has proved abortive. I am seeking your consent to present you as the deceased relative/next of kin and subsequently the beneficiary of the fund so that the proceeds of this account valued at $7,888,416.41 United States Dollars can be paid to you for subsequent disbursement between you and I. 30% for me, 65% for you and then 5% will be set aside for any expenses we might incur in the course of the transaction.

Work with me to receive these funds as next of kin to Mr. Gert Visnjic , by confirming your interest by email. I assure you a 100% risk free transaction because I am in possession of the personal file of the deceased, after which the money will be transferred into your account as Mr. Gert Visnjic next of kin I have contacted someone like you because I know you will not run away with all the money when it is transferred into your account. I will come meet you when transfer is completed.

Work with me to receive these funds as next of kin to my client, by confirming your interest by email. Please be kind to get back to me if you are not interested so that I can further my search for another partner.

Yours respectfully,
Barrister Henry B. Crico

Needless to say, I didn't pay any fees that were requested afterwards. Just to warn others of this particular name.

31st, December 2014

Posted By: Unathi

I just received an email from Malik Sawar. It definitely is a scam.

19th, December 2014

Posted By: tiffany

My late client left inheritance of $4 Million Dollars for you, send your
email, full name, address to Dinosmith12@outlook.com for claim

My name is Mr Malik Imtiaz Sarwar, a legal practitioner in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I saw your contact and profile and decided that you could cooperate with me in this proposition. I have a client, who was deceased in November, 2009, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I am contacting you because you have the same surname as my deceased client and i felt that you could help me in the distribution of funding that were left in my deceased client's bank account. This funding is closed to be declared un-serviceable by the bank as there were no indicated next of kin or next of beneficiary of the funding in the bank account.

The total amount of cash in the bank account of my deceased client is US$ 11.3 Million ( Say, Eleven Million, three Hundred Thousand United States dollars Only ), The bank had issued to me a notification to contact the next of kin of my deceased client for either to re-activate the bank account or to make claim of beneficiary, of the funding in the bank account, with a month surcharge of 6% to be deducted as an Escrow safe keeping fee of the bank account, so as to avoid the indefinite closure of the bank account. My proposition to you is to seek your consent, and to present your kind self as the next-of-kin and beneficiary of my deceased client, since you have the same last name with him.

This means that the proceeds of his bank account would be paid to you as his next of kin or the legitimate beneficiary. When the proceeds in his bank account are paid to you, we would share the proceeds on a mutually agreed-upon percentage of 60% to me and 40% to your kind self. All the legal documents to back up your claim as my client's next-of-kin would be provided by me. The most important thing I would need is your honest cooperation in this proposition. This would be done under a legitimate arrangement that would protect you from any breach of the law. If this business proposition offends your moral and ethical values, feel free to back out. Please contact me at once if you are interested reply through my personal email (maliksarwar@blumail.org)

Regards,
Barr. Malik Imtiaz Sarwar. M.ESQ,
Senior Advocate/Solicitor.

9th, December 2014

Posted By: Babalwa

Good day i also got the same e mail.

9th, December 2014

Posted By: yuko johnson

I dont know if this is a scam.. she seems to tell her life story or even like me as her child.. and a gift of god to her.

19th, November 2014

Posted By: Victor Schenk

I have been contacted by a Mr James Griffin (Heir Hunter) 27 Old Gloucester Street London informing me of the inheritance left to me by the late Robert Schenk who died last year. I am asked to send my details plus a letter he supplied to IFCserve2gmail.com and addressed to a Mr Martin Browne. Going along with this scam I did so and received Customer Payment Instruction from Isle of Man Bank to complete from Mr Browne. On this form they request Banking details which I subsequently said I will not supply as I would like the funds to remain at Isle of Man. Now waiting to see what happens next. Will keep you informed as a matter of interest. Kind regards, Victor Schenk

7th, November 2014

Posted By: Matt

Hello Jablonski

I am Contacting you for Late Mr Andrew Jablonski who died with his
supposed Next of Kin/Heiress Apparent (wife and Daughter). I have
searched for any other members of his relative without any fruitful
result; so I am Contacting you to unclaimed estate (USD$10,400,000,00)
Only remained in the bank to be transferred in your account

That's the e-mail I got today some type of new scam?

31st, October 2014

Posted By: Dan Stojadinovic

I got contacted via LinkedIn about getting 10 million but I had to send first via wire transfer I lied and said I don't have a bank account then they asked me to send via Western Union. I documented everything:

http://www.hypefree.com/?p=433

27th, October 2014

Posted By: Dalton

I received a letter today from Bruno Schulz, a 'lawyer' in Germany, claiming that a supposed relative of mine, with the same surname, had died in that country, leaving $41,000,000.00, and that I was the beneficiary. If I were to claim my 'inheritance', I would be eligible to receive 40% of the sum, Mr. Schulz would get 40% and a charity of my choice could claim the remaining 20%. Schulz & Schulz. Business Law, Danneckerstrass, 36, 70182 Stuttgart, Germany. E-mail: brunsoschulz48@yahoo.com or brunsoschulz48@gmail.com.

9th, October 2014

Posted By: solo1

3oct2014
DEAREST ONE
Firstly I thank you for your reaction to mine email; How are you doing over there in your country, i believe you are doing well and the atmosphere over there in your country is very nice today? Mine is a little bit warm over here in Dakar Senegal. My name is Debby Andrew i am 24 years old but age doesn't matter in a real relationship, I am from Rwanda in East Africa ,5.4ft tall, light in complexion single, ( never married ) and presently i am residing here in Dakar as a result of the Civil war that was fought in my country some years ago.

My late father Dr. Andrew Kotnana, was a politician and the managing director of a Gold & Mine Ind in Kigali ( the capital of Rwanda ) before the rebels attacked our house one early morning and killed my mother and my father with my two younger ones in cold blood. It was only me that is alive now because i was in the school before the incident, I am student of Accounting in the university before the incident, but i could not finish up my education, i was in first year, i want to become a Banker as a profession. and I managed to make my way to a near by country Senegal where i am leaving now as a refugee under a Reverend-Pastor's care and i am using his computer to send these message to you. I would like to know more about you. Your likes and dislikes, Please do not be offended for this message that come's from me please, fear which to me obliged to put simple trust on you due to my situation here as a refugee and I shall demand most your conscientiousness after yours to know about me, I shall really grow fond we to have good in spite attitudes therefore I have this as a trust which i believe that you can not betray me at the end. I have communicated you because of my difficult situation here in this refugees camp, Its just like one staying in the prison and i hope by Gods grace i will come out here soon. don't have any relatives now, whom i can go to all my relatives ran away in the middle of the war the only person i have now is Rev-PastorStephen Johnson who is the pastor of the ( Church of the Savior Int. ) here in the camp he has been very nice to me since i came here but i am not living with him rather i am leaving in the woman's hostel because the camp have two hostels one for men the other for women.

The Pastors Tel number is ( +221 777 896 696 ) I will like you to call me on this number by 14GMT, if you call tell him your name that you want to speak with me he will send for me in the hostel. As a refugee here i don't have any right or privilege to any thing be it money or whatever because it is against the law of this country. I want to go back to my studies because i only attended my first year before the tragic incident that lead to my being in this situation now.

Please listen to this ( please it's a secret,even no one knows about it, i have my late father's statement of account and death certificate here with me which i will send to you latter, because when he was alive he deposited some amount of money in a leading Foreign bank which he used my name as the next of kin, the amount in question is $4,700,000.00(Four Million Seven Hundred Thousand Us Dollars Only ) so i will like you to help me transfer this money to your account and from it you can send some money for me to get my traveling documents and air ticket to come over to meet with you. I kept this secret to people in the camp here, the only person i will allow to know about it is the Reverend, because he is like a father to me. as soon as you are ready to help me out, So in the light of above i will like you to keep it to yourself and don't tell it to anyone for i am afraid of loosing my life and the money if people gets to know about it.

Remember i am giving you all this information due to the trust i deposed on you. I like honest and understanding people, truthful and a human of vision, hardworking and GOD fearing people. My favorite language is English but our language is french but i speak English very fluently. Meanwhile, i will like you to call me like i said i have a lot to tell you Attached here is my pictures. and i will also like you to send me your own pictures and also tell me about your self so that i will know who you are. Have a nice day and think about me.waiting to hear from you soonest.
Yours Miss,
Debby

7th, October 2014

Posted By: Gomez Grundler

tuesday,wednesday,thursday,friday,i received an email from timothy chereh that i have a inheritance claim form from a dead distance relatives name Dr.keith ED.Grundler the amount claim was 6,500,000,000 is it scam cause im knew to this scam thing,thank you.

27th, September 2014

Posted By: Naanle Stephen

THIS IS WHAT SOME ONE ALSO SEND TO MY MAIL: Dearest love,
I'm really happy in your reply to my mail , how is everything ? I hope you are well.
Mine is a bit ' difficult here in Dakar Senegal.You are admired .

My name is Precious Avor from Ivory Coast in West Africa , 5.3ft tall, fair in complexion , (never married before) and presently I am 23 years old, residing in the refugee camp here in Dakar as a result of the civil war that was fought in my country.

My late father, Dr. Avor Eleh was the CEO of Mavococoa and Associates ( Ltd) and he was the personal adviser to the former head of state (Late Dr Robert Guei ) before the rebels attacked our house one early morning and killed my mother and my father in cold blood. It ' was only me that is alive now and I managed to make my way to a nearby country Senegal where i am leaving now in a refugee camp .

I would like to know more about you.Your likes and dislikes , your hobbies and what you are doing presently.I will tell you more about myself in my next mail.Attached here are my photos before the civil war broke out. I'd also like to see more of your pictures.I will tell you more in my next post. Hoping to hear from you soon.

Also I promise to give my love completely and to love you all the days of my life and please honey remember to dream and think of me while you are enjoying this week.
Thank you.
Your Love .
Precious

24th, September 2014

Posted By: Treyn

I got one as well
My good friend,

It is a great pleasure to receive your respond as regards to my contact to you. My name is Cassandra Lorenzo, I have been admitted here in General Hospital Dakar Senegal for several weeks now because of blood cancer and according to the medical examination, I have few days to live.

I contacted you from my sick bed as regards to the bank draft cheque worth $750,000 US Dollars (Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand US Dollars) I want to write in your name. the reason I am writing this bank draft in your name is because i want you to help me to receive this bank draft in your country, cash it and give any orphanage home in your country $350,000 US Dollars (Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand US Dollars) and then take the remaining money.

You have to give me your details below to write this bank draft in your name.

As soon as I receive your information from you I will write this bank draft and give it to Medical Doctor to post it alone side with some parcel to you through DHL.

Note: If I did not receive any respond from you, i have no choice other than to look for alternative to give this bank draft to a good person who will take the money to the orphanage home as I stated above. I will be waiting for your urgent respond

I have got some message the same that story I have read. Here we are.
Firstly I thank you for your reaction to mine email; How are you doing over there in your country, i believe you are doing well and the atmosphere over there in your country is very nice today? Mine is a little bit warm over here in Casamas Senegal. My name is Lilian Andrew i am 24 years old but age doesn't matter in a real relationship, I am from Rwanda in East Africa ,5.4ft tall, light in complexion single, ( never married ) and presently i am residing here in Casamas as a result of the Civil war that was fought in my country some years ago.

My late father Dr. Andrew Kotnana, was a politician and the managing director of a Gold & Mine Ind in Kigali ( the capital of Rwanda ) before the rebels attacked our house one early morning and killed my mother and my father in cold blood. It was only me that is alive now because i was in the school before the incident and I managed to make my way to a near by country Senegal where i am leaving now as a refugee under a Reverend-Father's care and i am using his computer to send these message to you. I would like to know more about you. Your likes and dislikes, PLEASE do not be offended for this message that come's from me please, fear which to me obliged to put simple trust on you due to my situation here as a refugee and I shall demand most your conscientiousness after yours to know about me, I shall really grow fond we to have good in spite attitudes therefore I have this as a trust which i believe that you can not betray me at the end. I have communicated you because of my difficult situation here in this refugees camp, Its just like one staying in the prison and i hope by Gods grace i will come out here soon.

I don't have any relatives now, whom i can go to all my relatives ran away in the middle of the war the only person i have now is Rev- Father Stephen Johnson who is the pastor of the ( Church of the Savior Mission. ) here in the camp he has been very nice to me since i came here but i am not living with him rather i am leaving in the woman's hostel because the camp have two hostels one for men the other for women.

The Rev Father Telephone number is ( +221 781 613 815 ) I will like you to call me on this number, if you call tell him that you want to speak with me he will send for me in the hostel. As a refugee here i don't have any right or privilege to any thing be it money or whatever because it is against the law of this country. I want to go back to my studies because i only attended my first year before the tragic incident that lead to my being in this situation now.

Please listen to this ( please it's a secret,even no one knows about it accept the Reverend that knows about it ), i have my late father's statement of account and death certificate here with me which i will send to you latter, because when he was alive he deposited some amount of money in a leading Foreign bank which he used my name as the next of kin, the amount in question is $7,400,000.00( Seven Million Four Hundred Thousand Us Dollars Only ). So i will like you to help me transfer this money to your account and from it you can send some money for me to get my traveling documents and air ticket to come over to meet with you. I kept this secret to people in the camp here the only person that knows about it is the Reverend because he is like a father to me. So in the light of above i will like you to keep it to yourself and don't tell it to anyone for i am afraid of loosing my life and the money if people gets to know about it.

Remember i am giving you all this information due to the trust i deposed on you. I like honest and understanding people, truthful and a human of vision, hardworking and GOD fearing people. My favorite language is English but our language is french but i speak English very fluently. Meanwhile, i will like you to call me like i said i have a lot to tell you Attached here is my pictures. and i will also like you to send me your own pictures and also tell me about your self so that i will know who you are. Have a nice day and think about me.waiting to hear from you soonest.
Yours Miss. Lilian Andrew,
What will I do next?
Please help me to solve this problem....

6th, September 2014

Posted By: chris

Just got an email few days back to whom she introduce herself as Kimberly Mogan (kimberlyhowardmogan@hotmail.com). Same story, her spouse died in Australia but the bank is in Nigeria.

12th, August 2014

Posted By: maudy

i also received an email from MALIK IMTIAZ SARWAR saying the same story as the on he told uli this is a real scam

8th, August 2014

Posted By: Raheem

Damn I also got scammed by this idiot called Grace Max and this is her emial address - gracemax101@hotmail.com She told me her dad died and deposited a $ 6.5 million, which she needs a foreign partner for it to be transfered into my account. THANK GOD I GOOGLE SINCE I HAVE BEEN CURIOUS AOBUT THE WHOLE THING....THIS IS HER STORY....Next of Kin:::::::::::: Miss Grace Maxwell.
Father's Name:::::::::::: Dr.Patrick Maxwell
Account Number::::::::::: (RB343I08701364/QB/71/SB)
Amount Deposited::::::::::::6.5 Million US $
Name of Bank:::::::: Royal Bank of Scotland.

Contact them now on how to transfer the $6.5 (Six Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars)deposited by my late father which i am the next of kin. Honestly I am happy that God has brought you to see me out from this execrable situation which am passing through and i promise to be kind and will equally need you in every area of my life Including investing this money since i am still too young to manage it. As i told you before,this camp is just like a prison and I pray always to move out from here as soon as possible.Please make sure that you contact the bank !.
Yours forever in love,
Grace maxwellRed roseRed rose

7th, August 2014

Posted By: Vern Smaulls

I received several emails 1) Person introduce themselves and said in 2010 her husband and two children died in a car accident and left her over 6.5 million dollars. Teresa S. says she were looking for someone who will do a good deed of giving to charity and other under priviledge and would like for me to be the next of kin.

Email 2 says she will be in intensive care in the next couple of weeks and she would like me instead of her deceased husband brother-in-law who wants the millions and she do not want him to get hold of it.

Last email was received by a nurse on July 23, 2014 says Teresa S died and left a letter under the pillow that says Teresa S made me her next of kin to received the money and I will get 30% if I follow through with her plan.

I checked google map of the address given and all google map show is a pavement in the road. No building and No Physical Address. This person is suppose to be from Oklahoma City, OK

My name is Mr Malik Imtiaz Sarwar, a legal practitioner in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I saw your contact and profile and decided that you could cooperate with me in this proposition. I have a client, who was deceased in November, 2009, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I am contacting you because you have the same surname as my deceased client and i felt that you could help me in the distribution of funding that were left in my deceased client's bank account. This funding is closed to be declared un-serviceable by the bank as there were no indicated next of kin or next of beneficiary of the funding in the bank account.

The total amount of cash in the bank account of my deceased client is US$ 11.3 Million ( Say, Eleven Million, three Hundred Thousand United States dollars Only ), The bank had issued to me a notification to contact the next of kin of my deceased client for either to re-activate the bank account or to make claim of beneficiary, of the funding in the bank account, with a month surcharge of 6% to be deducted as an Escrow safe keeping fee of the bank account, so as to avoid the indefinite closure of the bank account. My proposition to you is to seek your consent, and to present your kind self as the next-of-kin and beneficiary of my deceased client, since you have the same last name with him.

This means that the proceeds of his bank account would be paid to you as his next of kin or the legitimate beneficiary. When the proceeds in his bank account are paid to you, we would share the proceeds on a mutually agreed-upon percentage of 60% to me and 40% to your kind self. All the legal documents to back up your claim as my client's next-of-kin would be provided by me. The most important thing I would need is your honest cooperation in this proposition. This would be done under a legitimate arrangement that would protect you from any breach of the law. If this business proposition offends your moral and ethical values, feel free to back out. Please contact me at once if you are interested reply through my personal email (maliksarwar@blumail.org)

Regards,
Barr. Malik Imtiaz Sarwar. M.ESQ,
Senior Advocate/Solicitor.

22nd, July 2014

Posted By: Debra Rhoades

Can you tell me if global assets investment limited company is valid, or if it exists.

19th, June 2014

Posted By: Liv

I got this as well:

Total scam - not sure who to report it to though. ( i am based in UK, London)

Hello kortlangr

I'm Barrister Atinga Mustafa , personal attorney to Engr.Roberto kortlang
a foreign expatriate who worked for a Telecommunication Company here
Togo My client died along with the entire family in a car accident
which happened at Khara express way on December 26th 2011.

My late client left a total sum of ($4,800,000.00) in his bank account
here I have a document related to this account, I decided to contact
you because you bear the same surname with him which is the reason I
want to seek your consent to present you as the Next of kin/heir
apparent to inherit his estate.
As it stands if his estate is not claimed before next quarter of this
financial year it will be turned over to the Government treasury as I
have been notify as his personal by the domicile bank last week.

Be rest assure that this transaction is 100% risk free as an attorney
at law every aspect of this transaction will be executed within the
ambit of inheritance law of this country. if you are capable to work
out this transaction with me please email me your following
particulars below in my email; (Atingamsfa1112@gmail.com), as I do not feel
comfortable discussing this transaction freely through Facebook;

The above details will enable me prepare a legal frame work to imitate
inheritance process at the High Court of Justice to secure legal
approval in your name as the heir to the deceased to inherit his
estate. As his personal attorney I can assure a hitch free legal
process to secure Judicial Authorization of this estate in your name.

Upon successful execution of this transaction we shall have the
account proceed shared 50/50% equal after expenses we might incur in
the process. Please NOTE; if this proposal do not interest you or not
capable of handling it, kindly delete it and forget about this offer
because it's not a joke neither a child's play.

Regards
Sincerely
Attorney Atinga Mustafa L

28th, April 2014

Posted By: Dr. Wouter L. Ballizany

elonsocruz@at-abogados.eu

12 Mar 2014

to wlballizany
Dear Dr. Wouter L. Ballizany,

Following the receipt of your message, I must thank you for the response to my proposal. Please be informed that this transaction is going to be carried out under a legitimate arrangement that will not breach either the law of your country or mine,hence 100% risks free. I want you to clear every doubt in your mind as we shall observe every legal procedure. My late client Mr.Robert Ballizany lived in Spain for Seventeen Years;He died of a heart attack one year later after the demise of his wife and two kids in a car accident, which occurred December 2006.Robert wife is Monica while the two kids are Luisa and Pedro.

The security Company had contacted me on many occasions over these years to present the supposed Next of kin to my late client. Upon these requests, I made several efforts to reach anyone related to him but without success. You may or might be anyway related to my late client, but the reason I contacted you is because after the death of my late client, I was informed by the security Company to search for any member of his extended family (related especially with a common surname); to put up a claim for his deposited Vault with them. Based on this I decided to look for someone credible, with a fixed address and possibly with a common last name to apply for this claim.

Haven received your response, I hereby bring to your attention the complete details of the transaction as well as my plan for its smooth conclusion within ten working days. The deposited vault in question valued at (US$7,900,000.00) is as a result of an abandoned deposit by my late client, it is absolutely necessary for me to make it take the resemblance of an actual beneficiary; this is where I need your assistance, as my duty is to provide the necessary documents to back up our claim because my late client died without a WILL.

My perfected modalities as my late client´s Lawyer, has been expanded to include the transfer of the deposited vault valued at (US$7,900,000.00) to you either via diplomatic courier or by any alternative means desired as soon as the release of the vault is approved in your name.

I want to assured you that all the modalities for vault release has being well studied and I can guarantee confidently the release of the vault if we both collaborate and work as a team. Confidentiality and avoiding undue publicity is the key to the transaction as these can jeopardize the process.Without undue emphasizes, I am vast in law and from my experiences I have no doubt that we can get the vault out without problems.

I must also inform you that my biggest success is in our ability to enjoy the proceeds of this transaction with absolute peace of mind. I will prepare an application letter to present you to the Finance Safe Keeping Company as the beneficiary and other legal documents needed for the formal presentation at the deposited office. I will also send you copies of this application for your record purposes.You will be contacted by the deposited office when I finally tender the application to them as indicated by the Finance Safe Keeping Company.

To achieve this, you only need to reconfirm the following:

(1) Your full names and current residence address for the purpose of proper identification

(2) Your telephone and fax numbers

I am requesting only your conscientious collaboration to complete the process of claim successfully and to split at equal share as I have mentioned in my proposal letter.

I to haverecieved one from Edward borrini said some one past & I was the next of kin said we would split 60 40 and he was the lawyer in charge of the 6,000,000 english silver pounds don't fall for this email.

10th, April 2014

Posted By: Mathew Reynolds

I just this week got another email from this Paul Devitt guy, I told him to send me a cash cheque to prove his legitimacy which I wont get. Will refer this clown to the Australian Federal Police

17th, March 2014

Posted By: Marissa

I received the same letter as posted above from an Edward Borrini,Esq.The email was written in American English, which is different from UK English. Apparently, he works at Jones Law Firm, in Nottingham, England. I wanted to have a little fun with the guy, so I tried to call that firm. Guess what? Call could not be completed as dialed. Please hang up and call again. Is anyone surprised? DO NOT FALL FOR THIS SCAM!!!

17th, March 2014

Posted By: John

I got one too. Scam Scam Scam !!!!!

16th, March 2014

Posted By: kingg

Ya sir today I received an email from edwin.borrini111@gmail.com

15th, March 2014

Posted By: Brent Westbrook

I got the exact same letter.

10th, March 2014

Posted By: Gabriel

This is what i got, and the email was sent along with pictures and "legit" law firm decorations.Heres the brief, detailed scam Email I got below.

EDWIN BORRINI ESQ

13 CANAL STREET, NOTTINGHAM, NG1 7EH, UNITED KINGDOM

BUSINESS PROPOSAL

This business proposal is confidential and I request that it be treated as such. I must solicit your confidentiality and assure you that I am contacting you in good faith and this proposal will be of mutual benefit. I am Edwin Borrini, a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney/sole executor to a client of mine, who died along with his family in a plane crash on the 5th of August 2005.

My late client a formal Sub-Comptroller working with Chevron Texaco Oil here in the United

Kingdom and had Left behind a deposit of Sixteen Million British Pounds Sterling only (£16,000,000.00) with a bank. After the death of my client, the finance company contacted me, as his attorney to provide his next of kin who should inherit his fortune this according to them is their policy in sure circumstances.

Since the death of my client, I have written several letters to the embassy with intent to locate any of his extended relatives whom shall be claimants/beneficiaries of his abandoned personal estate and all such efforts have been to no avail. I had to inform the finance company about my fruitless effort in locating my late client's close relative or his next of kin.

The board of directors of the finance company now adopted a resolution and I was mandated to provide his next of kin for the payment of this money or forfeit the money as an abandoned fund. The company had planned to invoke the abandoned property decree of 996 to confiscate the funds after the expiration of the period given to me but after an investigation in the finance company, I found out that some members of the company wants to divert this fund into their private accounts for their own selfish interest and only want, to use the excuse that since I am not able to look for someone to make the claim, the money should be made unserviceable and that means submitting the fund to the federal government of this country and some to the company management which is not their main intentions.

By virtue of my closeness to the deceased and his immediate family, I am very much aware of my client's financial standing. I do sincerely sympathize the death of my client, but had thought it

unprofitable for his funds to be submitted to the federal government of this country and the finance company where it is lodged. I have reasoned very professionally and I feel it will be legally proper to present you as the next of kin of my deceased client which is legally possible and would be done in accordance with the laws of the land.

On this note I decided to search for a credible person and finding that you bear a similar last name, I was urged to contact you, that I may, with your consent, present you to the "trustee" bank as my late client's surviving family member so as to enable you put up a claim to the bank in that capacity as a next of kin of my client, so that the proceeds of this Bank Account valued at SIXTEEN MILLION POUNDS ONLY (£16,000,000.00) can be paid to you and then both of us can share the money, 60% to me and 40% to you. I know there might be other persons out there with the same surname as my late client, but after a little check my instinct tells me to contact you. Can I trust you on this? I shall assemble all the necessary documents that will be used to back up your claim.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of law. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this proposal is hitch-free and that you should not entertain any fears as the required arrangements have been made for the completion of this transfer.

Like I said, I require only a solemn confidentiality on this. Please get in touch with me by my alternative email: edwin.borrini111@gmail.com for better confidentiality and send to me your telephone and fax numbers to enable us discuss further on this transaction. Upon the receipt of your reply, I will send you an e-mail the next step to take. If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in you. Thank you for your understanding.

Sincerely,

Edwin Borrini (Esq.).

25th, February 2014

Posted By: Darryl

I just got an email from Paul Devitt about my inheritance from some fella in England who died working for Falklands Oil and Gas. What a crock.

4th, February 2014

Posted By: Rachel

We received a fax from Herbert Smith Chambers (Attorneys in London) in the UK, trying to solicit an employee. It states that a distant family member has died and the lawyer of the deceased, Mr. Herbert Smith Esq. tried to split the inheritance with the employee. The English and grammar is somewhat incorrect further down the letter, and it states that he will split $32,600,000.00 if the employee will provide personal information, and the employee must state that he is a relative of the deceased.
The email provided on the fax is: herbertsmithchamb@gmail.com, and the phone number provided is 004477000345631. The address provided is 216A High Street, North Eastham, London, E6 2JA.
A very obvious scam, and I wanted to report it.

28th, January 2014

Posted By: other Kevin

Here is what I just got!

Attn Dear Friend,

I am the General Audit Manager, Accounts Department in
Our bank. I have the opportunity of transferring the sum of (22.850.000.00
Twenty two million eight hundred and fifty thousand united states dollars
Only). This fund originally belonged to one of our bank Customer who died
In the year 2009.

My request for foreigner to stand as next of kin in this
Business is because the fact that the customer is a foreigner. Based on
The fact that this is a deal, I propose that 50% of this fund for you and 50%
For me. I will give more detail of the transfer process as soon as you show
Your interest in this transaction. Please be-informed that this dear is 100%
Free risk, I will provide all the information?s to you

Thanks,
Best Regard,
Mr. Kevin Donald

28th, January 2014

Posted By: C F Ford

I received same meassage fron a Paul DEvitt and was asked to contact a company called IFCserve?

18th, January 2014

Posted By: Robin Bowles

Hi all, I was sent the Paul Devitt message, as above. I researched it carefully, as here in Melbourne, 15 years ago, we got a phone call out of the blue from a London lawyer and it turned out a distant aunt of my husband had genuinely died intestate, leaving a large estate and inheritance lawyers had tracked hubby to Australia! It was real and he and his cousins in UK shared in an estate worth over 500000 pounds. But I guess lightning doesn't strike twice! Pity! It's the stilted English that made me antsy, although I thought that might be put down to an Irishman! Anyway the Oil and Gas website is currently being 'redesigned' (they go to a bit of trouble) and Paul Devitt is a member of a prominent UK law firm, but not THIS Paul Devitt. Cheeky! Hope no one falls for it.

All the best.

18th, January 2014

Posted By: André Jost

I have got exactly that e-mail from "Mr Paul Devitt" today.
I responded...and wrote that my occupation is LAWYER :-D

I guess I will never hear from him again.

11th, January 2014

Posted By: jeff Tarrant

Here's recent one which mentions a real law firm's company. Note the use of the UK 703 phone code - a 'follow me' number which can be anywhere in the world.

Thanks for responding finally to my emails Admin Staff notified me of your reply and we are talking about your unclaimed estates, I am barrister Mr Paul Devitt here in Belfast. I am talking about your inheritance claim of (Three Million Six Hundred Thousand British Pounds) that was willed to you by late Engineer ZZZZZZ XXXXXXX,That worked with Blah blah bullshit company named as a more bullshit before his sudden death on June 28th 2010. Am writing you to give you more information about this whole business.I did not state your name in my first email because i did not want to create any anxiety just in case someone sees your email before you.And I am glad to reach you after several attempts,I know you may be initially scared and skeptical about this business offer just from the blues This proposal is very legal. There is no risk attached whatsoever. Your consent for this payment was necessitated base on his last WILL TESTAMENT and he laid down instructions to the holdin
g bank to remit this fund to you as his heir before his demise in auto accident.

The mentioned funds was a proceeds from an execution of a project in Belfast and my client died without being able to receive the final balance of his payment and the money is due to be paid to you by the holding bank. The bank had mandated me as his legal attorney to legally present his heir for this payment, the reason I am contacting you. My concern is to see that this inheritance funds get to you with all legal support from my office.In other to file in a release application to the paying bank on your behalf, I simple request you to send your information as I have your information here with me, but for security reasons I request you reconfirm same to me.

I have been issued a final notice to provide his heir or have the assets channel to the National Treasury as unclaimed inheritance funds.To actualize this dream. This proposal is very legal.I am only acting base on his last WILL with which has your name as the heir to the total sum of £3,600,000 Million GBP. It is a legitimate claim and I am contacting you officially for this payment since I did not hear from you and also believe you may not be aware of this inheritance fund,the reason for this second official email. You might ask the question what is in for me?. As the lawyer,I get paid of 10% once it has been paid to you.I shall give you all instructions and make sure you contact the appropriate office for this claim. I shall also make sure I relay all legal documents regarding to this funds. For your assurance, there is no risk attached whatsoever.Your family may not be related but the most important thing now is based on his stipulated instructions to us to contact and re
mit funds directly to you and it will be very easy to process approval of this payment to you. You are qualified by name to stand as the next of kin/beneficiary.In order to file in a release application to the paying bank on your behalf, we request you to send:

Send these details to enable us concludes the payment process. As I told you, we are working base on his last WILL and all the claim documents will be made available to you as soon as you reconfirm your details to us. Please send the details to enable us apply to the paying bank for the release of your payment. This is 100% legal and you must know that the credibility of this legal firm is at stake if what I am telling you is not real. As I said, I am acting on his last instructions and please if you are not "XXXX XXXXXXX", I intended to contact for this payment, please say so and I will stop this communication immediately. I will look forward to receive the requested information from you to enable me proceed with the payment process.

I am Barrister Deon Cokerl ,A solicitor at law, personal attorney to Engr J.O.JEFFERSON,a nationality of your country, who used to work as a private petroleum engineer contractor in Republic of Lome-Togo. Kindly forgive my means of contacting you however since the internet is one of the fastest way of been in communication I decided to contact you on here.I do foresee the surprise this letter will bring to you as it comes from a stranger, but be assured that it comes with the best of intentions. This is in regards the death of my deceased client (JEFFERSON) who carry the same name as you, I know you are not related to him by blood, nationality or family, therefore I ask that you please consider the contents in my email and keep it strictly to yourself.. Kindly understand that if you are unable to accept all in my message, you should discard of it.

My message is regards a deposited fund of Seventeen Million Four Hundred thousand United States Dollars(us$17.4 million dollars) my late client left behind here in this country (Togo). With the SECURITY COMPANY giving me a deadline to the end of their organization's financial year ending before they claim the deposit, I now desperately seek your consent to present you as the sole next of kin of the deceased. Kindly contact me with your Full names, Private email address, Country of residence and Telephone number only on my private email below to enable me furnish you with adequate information in regards my late client and the said fund.

You can call me anytime with my private telephone number below if you need any clarification regards my message, I await your urgent response only to my private email address below or telephone call today. with your full acceptance in handling this claim with me.

Thanks,
Deon Cokerl.
deoncokerl@yahoo.com
Tel:0022890697025

11th, October 2013

Posted By: Laurence

This is what I received today.... They never stop!!

Dear One,

How are you today and your family, I will be so happy to hear from you soon, my life is gradually passing away from me I am Mrs. Atiya Zakir, I was married to late Engr. Mujtaba Zakir{PhD}, He worked with MULTINATIONAL OIL COMPANY in Kuwait for 13 years before he died on 22nd of March 2007.

My late husband deposited some amount with a bank before his death. my Doctor told me that I would not last for the next seven months due to cancer problem and I dont know how my condition it will be, so I decided to donate this fund to a Charity organization or good person that will use this money in good faith by compliment the good work of Almighty.

I took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this money and I kept all him deposit secret till now with me, that is why I am taking this decision to you and i hope you can be HONEST ?.

On your reply I will give you the contact of the bank and I will also issue a letter of authorization to the bank that will prove you as the present beneficiary of the money.

Please get back to me as soon as possible

Thanks

Mrs. Atiya Zakir

8th, August 2013

Posted By: Bineyam Yakob*

Here is another one:

Dear sir

How are you today and your family, I will be happy to hear from you soon the information how can I transfer to my account the money which was deposited by my late father as the next of kin in the leading bank in Europe. If I have the death certificate and the statement of account please try to explain the information then we will work together.
Best regards,
Mr.Bineyam Yakob

7th, August 2013

Posted By: John Doe #321

Inheritance Scam #3,456,789

This is a personal email directed to you and I request that it should be treated as such. I am Paul Goodman, a lawyer and solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney/sole executor to the late Mr. George Walsh, hereinafter referred to as my client' who worked as an independent oil merchant in my country UK before he died in a car crash with his immediate family on the 28th of July, 2004.

I carried out this search on you and I am contacting you because you bear a similar last name with that of my late client and the further reasons are as follows:

Since the death of my client in July, 2004, I have written several letters to his embassy with an intent to locate any of his extended relatives whom shall be claimants/beneficiaries of his abandoned personal estate and all such efforts have been to no avail.

However, going by the recent publications by the Trustee bank in which my client deposited the sum of £8.7m (GBP), I fear a likely winding up proceedings in the coming months. I seek your consent therefore, to present you to the trustees as my client's next of kin since you bear a similar last name with him so that you can help repatriate the money to a foreign account and I promise a fair share between us at the end of the transfer.

If you are very interested, contact me through my secured email address; paulgoodman19@hotmail.co.uk so I can appraise you with further details. I assure you that I have all the requirements to execute this claim legitimately.

Please let me have your opinion as soon as possible and send to me your telephone and fax numbers to enable us discuss further on this transaction. You can also call me at your earliest convenience on +44 703 591 4922. Remember to add your country's dialing out code before my numbers.

Best regards,

Regards,
Mr. Paul Goodman

2nd, August 2013

Posted By: Mallory

This is what I got this morning :))) It is from mrs_tiyazakir@mail.com...

"Dear One,

How are you today and your family, I will be so happy to hear from you soon, my life is gradually passing away from me I am Mrs. Atiya Zakir, I was married to late Engr. Mujtaba Zakir{PhD}, He worked with MULTINATIONAL OIL COMPANY in Kuwait for 13 years before he died on 22nd of March 2007.

My late husband deposited some amount with a bank before his death. my Doctor told me that I would not last for the next seven months due to cancer problem and I dont know how my condition it will be, so I decided to donate this fund to a Charity organization or good person that will use this money in good faith by compliment the good work of Almighty.

I took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this money and I kept all him deposit secret till now with me, that is why I am taking this decision to you and i hope you can be HONEST ?.

On your reply I will give you the contact of the bank and I will also issue a letter of authorization to the bank that will prove you as the present beneficiary of the money.

Attention: Beneficiary,
Please,We have this month of July 2013 received a payment credit instruction from the federal Government and United Nation (UN) to credit your account with your inheritance payment which is in the custody of our Bank account here MONEY GRAM ONLINE CASH PAYMENT.

It became imperative to contact you on the subject matter because after the fund has been brought to our office to remit to you through MoneyGram Money Transfer. somebody from your country by name Charles Porter contacted us and said you are on sick bed and ordered him to contact us to remit the USD$2.5Million which we have confirmed from you that you did not ordered him to come and claim your fund as a result of being in Hospital.

We have gone ahead to the Federal High Court and the Board Of Directors to renew your files this morning to enable us start your payment to you.The fee of $89 is what we need to renew your files from the above mentioned Authority. Therefore you are required as a matter of urgent to send the fee of $89 so that we will start your payment now.

I hereby urged you to call or email me urgently for your comments which will be highly appreciated if you are still alive or not on sick bed with sum of require activation fee of $89 which you will send before we commence the transfer of your first payment $6,000.00usd immediately, because we will not hesitate to continue the payment transfer activation with the name of the gentleman on claim if no response come from you. Contact me on this e-mail; moneygram14@qatar.io as your silence will be a clear indication that you authorized Mr Charles Porter to claim your fund.

We want you know that once you send this fee of $89 now, you will receive your first installmental payment of $6000.00 within 2 hours and it will also proof that you did not in any where ordered Mr Charles Porter to come and claim your fund that you still need to receive what rightful belongs to you.Remember that the only thing holding us to transfer your first installmental payment $6000 is the fee of $89. Therefore once we receive the payment information of the $89 it will only take us 2hours to remit your first payment $6000 through MoneyGram Money transfer.

Here is the information where you can send the $89.00usd and the money will be send through MoneyGram Money Transfer or Western Union.

Carol Will uses willcarol50 or carolwill50 says she needs $5000 to pay lawyer to get the estate of her suppose to be late father. I think it is a scam but talks on Facebook chat and Yahoo messenger.

19th, June 2013

Posted By: alcira marut

I recived every day e-mails fron the country of Nigeria use reverse e-mail to see where this people
are.
they are from all the social sites dating sites and are here in the U.S.A.

sick

3rd, May 2013

Posted By: Liandi

Almost got scammed. Received this email today after replying to a question if I have this reletave.

appreciate your reply , I choose to contact you for this very important issue and I believe you can be of help to me, well I believe with your permission I can present you as his relative. Am Mark L. Fishes by name, originally from Ireland and living here in Malaysia a lawyer by profession, personal attorney to Mr. Michael, an expatriate who is a resident here in Malaysia. On the 2nd of January, 2006 I received a call that my client died in the Tsunami Disaster with his wife and child while on vacation at Phuket Island in Thailand.

Since then I have made several inquiries to locate any of my client's extended relatives but it has proved unsuccessful. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the funds left behind by my client before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this deposit is lodged. The bank has issued me a notice to provide the next-of-kin or have the account confiscated. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the biological relatives of my late client, I hereby seek your consent to present you to the bank as his next-of-kin since you are a foreigner and bear the same last-name, so that the balance on his account can be transferred to you as inheritance and thereafter, you and me can share the money; 30% to me, 30% to you and 40% will be donated to needy.

As a lawyer I will obtain from the relevant authority, necessary legal paperwork that will be used to substantiate and legalize our claim to the inheritance. All I require is your consent; honest co-operation and assistance to enable us see the deal through.

Finally, I guarantee that the transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law, we can’t discuss on this public site, please if possible you can send me your email to write you more details if you are interested or you can email me at markadvocate@live.co­m

This scam is still alive and kicking. Just received a letter from Hoi Wei Lin. Tells me my deceased relatives estate is worth 10.5 mill us dollars. Shame they couldn't get the names right. Starts off with jan Doveston then goes onto Albert. None of these names are in my family anyway so immediate alarm bells. . Usual nonsense about we will share the money 50 50. Keep it confidential and communicate by phone email or telephone. The number is a hong kong number. Shocking that these people write to people (albeit in dreadful English) and many would be taken in. So the names change but the scam is the same. If you get one put it in the Bin or if you have time on your hands. Waste their time like Rob did.

31st, December 2012

Posted By: Alicia Smith

Thank you so much for posting this information. My mother was about to lose her money on this scam and posting all the information was helpful. Especially the picture. As it turns out, my mother was sent the same exact picture which helped her to realize beyone a shadow of a doubt this is in fact a scam!!! I appreciate all your help in investigating this for my mother and not giving this thief funds he clearly does not deserve!

All our best to you and your future legitimate business transactions.

Alicia Smith and her mother.

24th, November 2012

Posted By: Travis

Rob, the link is not working. Shall it be all together?

20th, June 2012

Posted By: Rob Johnson

I have just spent the last month playing the game of "Hong Kong Inheritance Scam"
It started with a snail mail then was followed by about 50 emails before they eventually got round to requesting money. USD 15,600 for advance payment of fees. It took about 4 weeks.
If you are interested in reading the full story then I have uploaded all the emails and attachments to a page on my own website.

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